Agriculture committee  We, as the Perth Federation, have not. I understand that a number of the commodity organizations have. Mary-Ann also mentioned it as far as the pork industry with PRRS and the circovirus. Things like the BSE or production insurance could have possibly helped out on scenarios like that.

Agriculture committee  Oh, definitely, and across all commodities. I mean, livestock BVD and other scenarios like that, across a lot of the livestock industries there's no production insurance at this point in time.

Agriculture committee  I think the government already has a lot of information on most operations through their income tax filings and so on. I think there's a lot of duplication in that information gathering. I also believe that there is some information there that is technically irrelevant to determining whether there's a claim.

Agriculture committee  There are a few of them, but I think CAIS is one of the big ones because of the lack of justification. With a lot of programs, you'll get your application back or you'll get some sort of worksheet back that will identify where you do or don't qualify. I think that would be a big step forward, so producers would have a worksheet they could start with that's simple, that they could send in.

Agriculture committee  First, my comments about the Farm Bill or U.S. programming related more along the lines of what Mary-Ann talked about as far as trade impacts and so on. They were more meant as the “administration of the programs”, not an attempt to commit government funding where there isn't any.

Agriculture committee  I think certain programs definitely would be better administered by the federal government. But I know the provincial government has also expressed on occasion that they'd be better able to address regional concerns, so I think certain things would be better addressed regionally by the provincial government.

Agriculture committee  I'm sorry.

Agriculture committee  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to participate in this forum. Welcome to Perth County, one of the most productive counties in Ontario. Perth County has gross farm receipts of $560 million, more than the provinces of Newfoundland, P.E.I., New Brunswick, or Nova Scotia.