Welcome, everyone, to today's Standing Committee on Agriculture and Agri-Food. I'm going to start the meeting in the absence of the chair and other vice-chair, with the hope that they'll eventually get here, particularly with respect to the ability of all our witnesses who've come from outside the city to speak to us today.
I'd like to welcome the Canadian Cattlemen's Association, Travis Toews and Andrea Brocklebank; as well as the Manitoba Forage Council, Jim Lintott; and the Canadian Poultry Research Council, Jacob Middelkamp and Dr. Bruce Roberts.
Today's focus is on Growing Forward 2, with specific reference to science and innovation.
We should start, if we can, with the Canadian Cattlemen's Association.
You'll have ten minutes collectively, five minutes each, or one person speaking for ten.