Climate change will obviously bring on new farming practices. We have to work with the various stakeholders, such as the scientists and the businesses that sell inputs, to adapt our farming practices to climate change.
This need to adapt practices, whether in irrigation or drainage, for example, will encourage us to reconsider practices we've engaged in for decades. We need to be financially capable of meeting these challenges through innovation, but no SME can face those challenges alone.
It's helpful to remind you, sir, that the average farm in Quebec has to invest $500,000 at the start of the season before it can make even a single dollar in revenue. And I mean revenue, not profit. It's harder and harder for agricultural SMEs to meet that enormous challenge.