Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Ultimately there are no farmers I'm aware of who would sell their land if their farm were profitable. One of the best things we can do to prevent the loss and erosion of arable land in this country would be to ensure that farms are profitable and that they have a financial backstop. Farming is a way of life and it's a business. It's an interesting mingling of the two, but ultimately, farmers carve off and sell land because of economic pressures, in my opinion.