International Trade committee  Yes. So on Prince Edward Island, we can put a pair on an acre and then be environmentally sustainable. We have a tremendous ability to grow grass in Atlantic Canada and on Prince Edward Island, and we need to get bact to.... Environmentally sensitive areas need to be taken out of

International Trade committee  You've certainly hit on most of them that we're working on, for sure. Hotpot is a big thing that we're very excited about here because we can take our trim and double, triple, or quadruple the value of it, and then if we get into breed-specific animals as well, it just goes up. P

International Trade committee  It's not pieces that aren't used. It's different parts of the animal that are worth more in other parts of the world, whether it be the tripe, the internal organs, and so on. It's just that different cultures, different people, eat different things, and with being able to market

International Trade committee  Yes, that's exactly right. We get a small amount of money for them now, but we could get a greater return.

International Trade committee  Unfortunately, I couldn't put an accurate figure on it, but it is something we could get for you.

International Trade committee  Well, in terms of processing, we have a small processing plant on Prince Edward Island that employs around 100 people. So, if there's access to foreign markets where we can value-add different products and value-add and process them differently here, I could see the processing pl

International Trade committee  Yes, most definitely. I don't think there are too many minimum wage processing jobs anywhere anymore.

International Trade committee  Oh, very much so. For every percentage that a tariff is in place, that means your competitor can sell that percentage cheaper. Yes, every trade barrier, every percentage of dollars makes a huge difference in the Canadian industry for sure.

International Trade committee  The average herd size on Prince Edward Island is probably around 100 animals or fewer. We have a few larger producers, but a large producer on P.E.I. is 1,000 cattle. I had the opportunity to be in Calgary three weeks ago, and 50,000 heads is an average in places out there. No, w

International Trade committee  No, crop rotation is used on P.E.I. Some small areas are pasture only, and that's wetter land that can't be cropped. Most of the land on the island is in a three-year, five-year rotation.

International Trade committee  Thank you for the opportunity to speak today. My name is Brian Morrison and I'm the chair of the Prince Edward Island Cattle Producers association. The TPP, for our province here... We're an exporting province, of course, we do have the only federally inspected beef plant east