Agriculture committee  I don't know if you're familiar with Denver's National Western Stock Show.

Agriculture committee  It's the biggest stock show. I had the opportunity with AAFC to go down there. We met with some cattle producers from Colorado and the area. We were sitting there one day comparing numbers, and they were astonished. They want our Canadian cattle. Their feedlots are sitting empty.

Agriculture committee  He wishes he could take his own truck and bring them down. Most of the producers we were talking to want our cattle.

Agriculture committee  I'll make a comment here. In terms of the board, I'm probably from the smallest town here. There's a trend in our area that people are going back to what it was like in the 1920s and 1930s. Everybody has a cow, or a couple of cows, and some chickens. I think it's more about uncertainty.

Agriculture committee  I'll first answer your two questions and kind of tie them together. For succession planning, you mentioned meeting as a group, as individuals, and provincially we did. We had one where there was succession planning. We actually had an adviser whose job was to facilitate between the two generations, and we were able to talk about differences.

Agriculture committee  I'll make a comment on that. Yes, farms are getting bigger, but you have to remember that, for example, we farm 5,000 acres and it takes us the same time as my grandfather took 30 years ago to farm 300 acres. Farms are getting bigger, but that's just how it works. We try to maximize what we can per acre in order to achieve what we can do best.