Thank you, Mr. Chair.
The government has put $50 million into the AgriRecovery program to pay for feed so producers can hold back cattle until slaughter plants can take them. With processing capacity not even at 60% and Alberta feedlots full and backlogged for months, before this backlog can be cleared, the spring-born calves will be coming to market this fall. With very little room in the feedlots, price in the fall calf run will be very low.
Is the minister aware that this is going to happen, and what is the plan to help ranchers with the lower calf prices this fall?