Agriculture committee  As the farms get larger and larger and the inputs—fertilizer, fuel, machinery, all of our inputs—get so expensive, we need to have some way of accessing larger amounts of money for cash advances. The $100,000 beginning part of the cash advance is very important for my boys who are young farmers starting out with the interest-free portion and so we really appreciate that.

Agriculture committee  Good morning, Mr. Chairman and committee members. My name is Gary Stanford. I am the president of the Grain Growers of Canada. I will be sharing my time with Levi Wood, from the Western Canadian Wheat Growers. Thank you for inviting me to speak today about Bill C-18, the agricultural growth act.