Absolutely. If we have independent agrologists, they can help farmers adopt their best possible low-emission cropping and grazing systems. They can create and run demonstration farms—potentially even using the existing research station and experimental farm network that we still have, which is something all Canadians should be proud of—coordinate research into low-emissions approaches, offer independent soil testing for nitrogen and carbon and water infiltration and lots of other measures of soil health and fertility, and also help preserve and restore wetlands and trees.
There was the old prairie farm rehabilitation administration that was created back in the 1930s. One of the last aspects of the PFRA in existence was the tree farms out in the Prairies, which helped with reforestation issues and the biodiversity it helped to promote. If we can promote good soil health, we can retain more carbon and have fewer drought and water issues on our prairie soils in particular, which is where much of our agricultural emissions comes from, with the cropping systems that are in use on the Prairies.