Thank you, Mr. Chair. And my thanks to the witnesses for being a part of today's committee.
I don't think any of us would disagree that, under the current suite of programs, particularly AgriStability, there need to be changes. I'm hearing two different stories from grain farmers from the east and from the west. Maybe you can help me with that.
I can tell you that for the last four or five years the grain farmers here have been very happy. They have had good prices, and they've had good quality, so that isn't an issue. The issue is the long term. There is no doubt about it.
Unfortunately, we lost that long-term good stuff with the programs when CAIS came in, and now we can't go back to that. We can't go back to what we had under NISA. It's unfortunate.
Curtiss, we've met a number of times. You gave us a little of history of your place and its large expansion in 2005. Today, some young farmers who have been caught in expansions are worried. Do you think government plans should pay for expansion? I am asking Curtiss and then Stuart, because you're on two sides of the country.