What kind of research are we looking for? Certainly, we need soil health research. There is some soil health research going on. There could be an awful lot more.
I mentioned that one of the things we would really like to see is in terms of the costs and consequences of soil degradation. We talked about this number of $3 billion per year being lost because of soil degradation. That is an on-farm cost only. We don't have any information at all about how much it costs to clean out the creek in terms of all the soil that's landed in the creek, or how much it costs to re-dredge the seaway because of the soil that's landed in there.
For all of this stuff, we need some really good numbers. We're sure that it's going to be in the tens of billions of dollars. That's something we need to address. If we can put some of that money into programs to help address that, we can try to get more no-till on the ground and try to get farmers to think more about preserving the soil, getting more carbon in the soil, and increasing soil health.
Increasing soil health does a marvellous job at biodiversity enhancement, clean air, and clean water. It all relates back to the soil. If we can get some money on research for soil health, as well as for costs and consequences of the soil degradation, we'd be really pleased.