Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I am very moved by the problems facing farmers. I have been a farmer myself and have had to take out a line of credit in the spring to restart my business. I am very moved by what you have said. I know all about the financial worries you will face over the next few weeks. If the grain harvested in the fall is not sold now, you and other farmers will lose significant amounts of money because grain quality will have decreased due to periods in storage.
If you have to rely on lines of credit and loans for longer and therefore pay more interest, will you be able to make ends meet and start planting a new crop this spring or in spring 2015? Your debt will increase while the satisfaction you get from farming may decrease.
What do you think? I would like to repeat what you said earlier so that people know what is happening. We often idealize life on the farm or on the land, but there are problems and concerns that can also touch your family.
Mr. White or Ms. Ammeter, would you like to answer?