Agriculture committee  Yes, it's really critical. The livestock situation can't wait until 2016. That has to be dealt with now.

Agriculture committee  No.

Agriculture committee  Let me address the domestic grain issue because that really comes from ANAC, the Animal Nutrition Association of Canada. If we do not get some kind of prioritization in Bill C-30, we will be unable to get enough grain in the valley to feed our animals. If that day comes where the

Agriculture committee  Let me go back to my experience when I was in the feed mill industry. Service issues have been chronic for years. It's a chronic issue, but never to this extent. I think what is missing is the service level agreements. They need to be reciprocal agreements, operating on both si

Agriculture committee  Our problem is.... And it's very frustrating. There's a glut of grain in the Prairies and we're not able.... Our requirement is steady. It's 100 cars per week, 52 weeks of the year. It doesn't vary, yet particularly with the passage of this legislation and the order in council, i

Agriculture committee  My name is Garnet Etsell. Our family operates a turkey farm in the Fraser Valley of B.C. For 13 years I was also the chief financial officer of a group of agribusinesses in the Fraser Valley. The core company of that group was a feed mill serving the dairy and poultry industries.