Agriculture committee  I think I'm there now.

Agriculture committee  Thank you for the invitation and opportunity to appear before this committee. Briefly, my background, and the context for my comments today, is the result of 34-plus years working in the agricultural industry. I hold a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural economics. I spent the first 13 years of my career as an agricultural banker for various lending institutions in five provinces across Canada, and the next five years as an agricultural finance consultant working closely with farmers.