Thank you, Mr. Chair.
My question is to all witnesses.
When a producer or a new person settles in the agricultural field, it is often during the first few years, that he makes the largest investments, for example to buy land, improve farm buildings and buy herds. The person develops a business plan with advisors and agro-economists, based on the current and previous years' agricultural policies.
When agricultural programs change every five years, what is the impact on these producers, on these young new farmers? I think that over the past 20 years, programs have always regressed, when it comes to support for agriculture. How can these producers meet their obligations when support programs change every five years? These producers have often taken out long-term loans of 20 or 25 years. They already have closed mortgages. After five years, they have basically not repaid any principal, and they are already getting squeezed.