Agriculture committee  No, we're not currently working directly with co-ops, and it's not that there aren't a lot of opportunities for us to work with them. We are a single-staff organization with only 70% time and limited resources and funding.

Agriculture committee  I'm not specifically aware of any programs that the agriculture institutes across Canada could offer. I think it's an opportunity for us to work together to bring that into discussions moving forward. The CYFF in the last two years has worked at building a bridge of connection to

Agriculture committee  I wouldn't have the numbers for 4-H per se. Our organization is funded among five. There are five of us in that group. Our organization, CYFF, would be the second lowest funded organization. The 4-H is a great program and it's our starting process to bring young farmers into our

Agriculture committee  The funding has been a challenge for CYFF, although we have received agreements the last two GF category processes. We were cut in funding in the last round and the 50:50 matching made it very difficult for us to meet. We weren't able to execute all our activities because we didn

Agriculture committee  Yes, I thank you for that. The greatest struggle that we faced was the reduction...no reporting for in-kind contribution. As a young farm organization, we have a lot of people who support us and put a lot of time and energy into helping us be successful and when we weren't able t

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair and committee members, for the invitation and the opportunity to share our opinion with you today. I am Guenette Bautz, the general manager for the Canadian Young Farmers' Forum. We were established in 1997, and we will celebrate 20 years next year. Our or

Agriculture committee  Thank you for that. We would be more than happy to have a copy of that study. We would absolutely be more than happy to continue discussions as often and as regularly as we can. We do believe that we are a unified team and together we will stand more strongly than if we are div

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. We want to make it as broad as we can. It's a project that we're really looking forward to taking on, but it will take some time to develop all those sections. Ultimately, that is the goal, that if you have a question as a beef producer, through that app and through

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. We're really excited about this project moving forward, because we know that having an app at the fingertips of all ages of farmers will really be beneficial. We know that a lot of programs out there are available to support agricultural producers in general. Partic

Agriculture committee  I think I can speak to the succession planning and how we are addressing that concern. As I mentioned previously, at every national conference and at the provincial level there is a lot of discussion and there are a lot of professionals coming in to encourage succession planning.

Agriculture committee  Absolutely. Thank you for the comments. Through our social media outreach we really are achieving many great things beyond just telling our story. Social media is really hot for every age starting with the very young, and so through our outreach with social media, we have an opp

Agriculture committee  Further to that, we've had discussions with Agriculture in the Classroom Canada and the CYFF is very interested in working with our Canadian government and any partners that we can put together to lead the project or to at least be involved in the development of a project such as

Agriculture committee  That's fine. I just had a brief comment to add on our relationship with the Americans. We also had the opportunity to represent Canadian agriculture with regard to the importance of trade. We got to speak with young farmers down there about the issue of COOL, country-of-origin l

Agriculture committee  Thank you, Kerry. Thank you for having us here this afternoon. We appreciate the opportunity. With regard to our funding, Kerry is correct. We did receive a two-year agreement. We are very thankful for the support we receive from AAFC, as we believe in the team and we do want