There is a wide range of ways that the government can help with the focus on farmers. When it comes to sustainability initiatives, really what we want the government to do is to be a partner and work with us.
The best-laid plans that aren't practically implementable are not very useful to us, so we want to be a partner with the government to go forward on the various different types of practices and best management practices we can use, keeping in mind that if you look across this country, no two regions are the same. We are very diverse right across the entire country, so it can't be a one-size-fits-all approach.
There has to be flexibility built in within the program to allow farmers to adapt to what their specific regional geographic needs are and even the farming types that are there, but there are some basic principles like soil health that are at the base of everything.
We're all worried about climate change and what's in the air. The reality is that it doesn't matter. What's under our feet is what really matters most, and that's going to be the solution to all things climate going forward. We need to focus on soil health and practices across the country, depending on the climate, the soil type and how we improve the soil health under our feet.
There are a myriad other practices—technologies, for example—but technologies are good only if we have connectivity to be able to use the technology, and that requires a lot of investment, too.