Agriculture committee  No. I don't think we're necessarily in the business of public safety.

Agriculture committee  Can I add one thing about pesticides? There's an element of brand in pesticides that there isn't so much in fertilizer. Fertilizer is strictly commodity, almost generic, to make the comparison. Although there are generic pesticides available that are more commodity-like, the br

Agriculture committee  There are actually 1,500 ag retailers, but about half of them would be in fertilizer to any major degree.

Agriculture committee  Let me add that I've spoken with a number of members within our association. It's a new dynamic insofar as we are becoming very strategic about how we buy. We now have to buy longer-term, in larger quantities. We know that we have to lock in pricing for our growers and we have to

Agriculture committee  There's no question that there's a new dynamic at play. The rules have changed. I would maybe refer crop allocation to Mr. Haney, in terms of his customers and where the crop allocation is going. Of course, it is matching inputs. Adaptations are being made strategically to maximi

Agriculture committee  I'd like to share a point. I live in Winnipeg. I recently made a trip to North Dakota, two weeks ago, and I made an interesting observation there. I realize this is anecdotal, but I spoke to a number of growers, and with regard to anhydrous ammonia, part of the reason for some o

Agriculture committee  The North Dakota and Minnesota dealers are getting rid of their product at very low prices, so the differential between what we pay and they pay would be even wider, which would explain a lot of the gap in the caps.

Agriculture committee  That's their pricing. They're dumping to both their customers and Canadian customers. They've lowered their price of anhydrous ammonia to sale level, if you will. When you acquire information from them on price, you're going to get an abnormally low price compared to what Canadia

Agriculture committee  CAAR estimates that approximately 20% are ready for an audit at this point. They tend to be the larger line companies.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Yes, if you were to look at some of the higher-risk products, no question. I think certainly ammonium nitrate is an example out east. To store the product you need substantial security infrastructure in place to make sure you lock it down, secure it properly, transport it properl

Agriculture committee  I would not be surprised if that were the case.

Agriculture committee  Mr. Chair, I think he answered only one of his questions.

Agriculture committee  Yes. There's also a House bill that is, I believe, identical. My understanding of the U.S. system is that if two identical bills are processed, one through the House and one through the Senate, an intergovernmental committee would not be required. But I don't know the status of t

Agriculture committee  Mr. Easter, to my understanding, based on at least the latest code of practice, the restricted components regulations from Natural Resources Canada, the farmers will not be subjected to that regulation save for one aspect--namely, they cannot resell the ammonium nitrate. And that