Agriculture committee  I would just echo what Travis has said. In the sheep industry, especially in Ontario, you are seeing more producers becoming more active in the value chain. We have some issues around supply and getting a consistent supply of product. We also have issues around kill capacity. We'

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  I have nothing further to add.

Agriculture committee  If Mother Nature has taught us anything, it's that if you try to homogenize you put yourself at risk. I think anybody who can diversify and has the ability to—this is my personal opinion; I'm sure there are producers out there who might disagree. It's not a bad idea to encourage

Agriculture committee  The marketing program is wrapping up at the end of this month, and all indications we've had are that it's been very positive both for the producers and people along the value chain. One of the key things it has done is increase the communication between the processors and the

Agriculture committee  Right now, prices for lamb are very high. Again, it goes back to the fact that we don't have enough lambs in the country. We've seen a significant decrease in our ewe-flock numbers due both to the border closure and to the drought in western Canada. We know the prices will drop.

Agriculture committee  We looked at the NISA program. Historically, sheep producers did not take advantage of it, for a number of different reasons. One reason I've heard is because it didn't help producers who were pasture-based, which is a lot of the sheep production in the country. I think our fir

Agriculture committee  I think it's something we'd be willing to look into. It's not something we've actually discussed in any great detail. All of our conversations have focused on margins.

Agriculture committee  Sure. I'll try to make up for the time he went over and make mine really brief. First of all, I'd like to thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today. The Canadian sheep industry definitely appreciates the opportunity to be here to present our thoughts on business risk m