It really runs the gamut. If you have a 25,000-head feeding operation, you're looking at an employed force of anywhere between 60 and 70 people. The job descriptions are varied. A pen rider sounds like a fairly simple job but this individual will be on a horse going through the pens of cattle. His or her job is to identify and diagnose sick animals. When they find one, the animal is pulled, brought to the hospital—a building at the feed yard—and then treated. It's a very important job, one that if it isn't conducted well, results in the loss of thousands of dollars.
There's the experience of a feedlot in Manitoba, which is looking to hire a veterinary technician. This is not a full veterinarian. They've looked across the country and cannot find a large animal vet tech. So they're looking to bring in a foreign worker to fill that job.
The needs are varied. There has been a bright light for cattle feeders. When the reforms were announced by the previous government, feedlots were designated as primary agriculture. That meant that some of the changes did not apply to our sector and that was beneficial.
I think the biggest concern of the cattle feeding sector right now is what's happening in our processing plants. If those plants are not efficient and competitive, they run the risk of closing. If that were to happen—