NAFTA did not include a supply-managed segment of the agricultural industry. We always knew that this was going to come up. Even before talks started, we all knew that it was going to get renegotiated. We all knew that we were going to get thrown under the bus, so to speak.
It can't be a surprise. When the Pacific partnership was negotiated, we were hoping that it would include the U.S. For the turkey industry, the U.S. is our biggest threat. There aren't a lot of countries in the world that produce turkey. Chile is the next biggest threat.
Are their standards going to match ours? These are the questions. I've been here for the whole five hours, and harmonization of others' standards with ours has been brought up many times, not lowering our standards, but raising everybody else's standards, because those standards come at a huge cost.
On our farm 12 years ago, we built a new barn, and it lowered our carbon footprint. We burn half as much gas to produce the same number of birds. We use way less than half the electricity. We've put in LED lights. We've made significant investment. Being included the way we are in this agreement has impacted our security.