Regardless of where you are in the country, whether you're a new farmer or an old farmer, research underpins so much of it, as Dr. Cranfield mentioned. Too often, when we think about risk management, we think about these programs, but we don't understand the critical role that research and development plays and that effective market access plays. We end up in a world where we are spending more money on risk management programs and not investing enough in these other tools that are there, that are proactive and that can make a difference. We need to better understand the really critical role they can play.
The other thing that's worth acknowledging, and it goes back to a point I made that I think is often missed, is that new farmers in your riding need different things than farmers who have been farming for 50 years in Saskatchewan, yet we effectively give them all the same set of tools. I don't think it's reasonable to think that in any other situation we would want very different businesses to be using the same set of tools. We need to find better ways to put more tools in the tool box that reflect the unique realities that those farmers face.
