Agriculture committee  Yes, we have a non-farming sister.

Agriculture committee  Yes. My family also had their Century Farm Family Award, and my brother is farming with my parents, about 25 miles south of us.

Agriculture committee  I think we're going to see both sizes of operations. I don't think our model of farming is necessarily what a lot of other young farmers are looking for. It's what really interests us. We're really interested in exporting and viewing the entire value chain, because we have another brother involved in the operation and parents still in the operation.

Agriculture committee  I think there are some viable operations out there that are either creating niche markets on their own or they've really gotten in touch with the consumer and they've been able to increase their margins that way. This is where we saw our future going.

Agriculture committee  Olds College.

Agriculture committee  Not likely.

Agriculture committee  Are you going to be my competition?

Agriculture committee  It would be very difficult, yes. Just to lay some groundwork, when David first went back to the family farm operation, it was at about 2,200 acres, so it wasn't necessarily in his parents' vision at the time that he wanted to get to 12,000 and do that. It was kind of our approach.

Agriculture committee  I think the Wigmore model that we're working on is going to make it easier, because there's an opportunity for those family members who either don't have a viable operation to go home to or don't have a capacity...you know, an acreage base that they could feel comfortable making enough money.

Agriculture committee  We farm 12,000 acres.

Agriculture committee  We're both fifth generation.

Agriculture committee  Please.

Agriculture committee  Thanks for the invitation to speak to you today. My husband, David, and I are both fifth-generation farmers from Mossbank, Saskatchewan. We both left our farm to pursue higher education and gain some life experience, but it didn't take us long to realize that the grass wasn't greener on the other side and we headed back to the farm.