Agriculture committee  I don't know if this would immediately solve everything--there are so many things--but I do know that.... You've all heard of One Earth? They're going to be a million acres, publicly traded. There are individuals who could afford all the dirt in western Canada, so we need to be protected from these guys, or else let them have it, because there are actually people who could afford to farm Canada.

Agriculture committee  I guess they should probably start teaching in schools that beef comes from cows. That wasn't needed 50 years ago, but now it is. She said we need to band together more, and I guess we do. We have some institutions that are together, and we should use them instead of taking them apart, I would say.

Agriculture committee  First of all, I would like to say that math is a science, and when you are looking at all of the science of this, you should look at the math too. Research doesn't help us if it destroys our markets; we're better off without research if we can't sell our product. We have not been very successful in forcing these markets to take our product.

Agriculture committee  I find it really hard to fathom how I can take a steer to a local abattoir who charges me $440 to process it. I take it out and I sell it to people at a 30% or 40% discount and end up with more money in my pocket. It's just.... That should be the most inefficient way of doing it.

Agriculture committee  Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today about the barriers that keep young farmers from starting farming. My name is Luke Lelond, and I'm a mixed farmer from western Manitoba. We raise cattle and grain. I'm from a very unusual area in this day and age.