Farmers are directly in touch with nature. Right now they're looking to get out on the land, to be able to seed this year's crop, and hopefully get good weather to harvest it as well. They're very in tune with both the weather and the changing climate around them.
What we've done in agriculture over the last 10 to 20 years is transform how we grow our crops in Canada. We grow them in western Canada without tilling the soil, and that means we're able to conserve more water, conserve the soil, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, as well as reduce fuel consumption. We're adapting to the changing world by growing our crops differently, and we're using technology to help us do that.
For example, zero tillage requires us to have the best crop protection products to take care of the weeds, because we're not tilling the soil to kill the weeds. We're keeping the carbon in the soil but we need to be able to control the weeds at the same time. When we look at Canada's place in the world, it's about making sure that trade is governed by science-based regulations, and that means that we do that in trade agreements, and we ensure that our regulators, the people who are the scientists, have the ability to help us solve challenges that come up with regulations that differ from one country to another.