Agriculture committee  In my dad's day, they didn't do much analysis on costs and stuff. They simply planted the crop and harvested it and were able to make a profit. Now, with the technology, and knowing your costs and your profit margins, because they're so fine, you have to know what you have to spend and what you have to make.

Agriculture committee  I agree with what Carter says. There are lots of these guys who still have to keep working. Their farms are their retirement, so they need to cash their farms in for a big amount of money because there hasn't been enough profitability to put enough away for retirement. It makes it tough to get the next generation to succeed them when they are not going to be able to retire on anything.

Agriculture committee  I definitely would agree. If it weren't for peas, lentils, and all the cash crops, I wouldn't be here today. We make cashflow decisions whereby we can deliver in certain months. I can't do that with the Wheat Board grain. I can only deliver sometimes 25%, and then I don't get paid for a year and a half; I get just enough to cover the freight and maybe a little bit more.

Agriculture committee  I would like to take this opportunity to thank the committee for allowing me to appear today. My name is Colin Schulhauser. I farm with my father in the Cupar district of Regina. I have been farming since I was 19, and the farm has been in the family for four generations. The issue of how best to encourage young farmers to enter the agriculture industry is a very important one, because there are many changes and challenges facing agriculture today.