Agriculture committee  Thank you very much for addressing the young farmers. The younger generation is definitely a lot more interested and is getting educated in marketing and economics and whatnot. It has been one of the course areas that colleges have definitely grown on, as well as the universitie

Agriculture committee  Your last comment, Erik, got me thinking about the opportunity we can have in Canada for biofuels. For example, on our farm, the next step in what we have been looking at is biofuels. My father attended the Canadian conference, and he also went down to San Antonio to go to the in

Agriculture committee  After getting my page and a half written down, I think the single most important thing we can do to attract young farmers to our industry, to farming, and to being producers is through the media. All we see are the negatives and BSE. There's a very negative feel out there about

Agriculture committee  Yes.

Agriculture committee  Yes, we've discussed it numerous times. How can we make agriculture look sexy? How can we tell people that it is a wonderful industry to be in? Of course, as farm kids, we were raised to take pride in watching the canola field bloom in spring. Harvest time is one of the most amaz

Agriculture committee  Again, it goes back to the fact that every farm is individual. For us to treat every farm as individual is very timely and very costly. Having educational programs like the CAIS program helps support farm kids to get an education and get that network. I think that's important, bu

Agriculture committee  Yes. I definitely think there's a need for that, and we can definitely work together and try to do that. I know our farm has done well, and we're not facing as hard times as the majority of farmers. We can transfer. It's the other farmers that—It's the whole oil field.

Agriculture committee  Does anybody else want to comment? I need clarification on exactly what he said.

Agriculture committee  For example, last Saturday I organized the Alberta Young Farmers' Forum at our annual general meeting, so I think it's definitely having that connection or that association of young farmers together. Last year we had 12 members and this year we have 50 members, so we're definitel

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chairman. I am delighted to be here this morning presenting in front of you and having the opportunity to discuss the questions that will arise in the next hour or so. I'll give you a little bit of background. I am from northeastern Alberta, north of St.