That's no problem at all.
With respect to making sure the next generation has the confidence to go to the bank and absolutely leverage their life on their choice to invest in an operation, to purchase the next one or grow an existing one, they need tools to manage the risk. There's a split you can draw.
You can say that some risks are unforeseen and difficult to manage. Quite simply, there needs to be a safety net. Tools like AgriStability are reactive. They don't specifically reference one particular risk. They're a catch-all.
There's also the proactive management of risk. That's where the focus of the next policy framework needs to lie. It's going to differ across all sectors. In the cattle sector, the youth have come back and said, “Livestock price insurance is a very effective tool to manage what we identify as our largest risk. Can we get support through that program the same way crop farmers have crop insurance?”
