International Trade committee  Most of us saw.... Most of us in the farming community learned of this at the beginning of December, and I would say that most of us took significant action in selling our crops in that late part of January to early February.

International Trade committee  The impact, outside of the producers, for a crop input company such as mine is that the farmers are going to produce a crop and they're going to buy inputs, but the question is getting the right product for the right acre in time. That's the number one impact, a logistics concern

International Trade committee  The only thing I'd add is that GPS guidance is the backdrop that started the quest for guidance and zone control, and now we're also into site-specific farming where prescriptive nutrition plans will automatically control different fertilizers as we're going up and down the field

International Trade committee  Yes, 100%.

International Trade committee  That's correct. Some we sell directly to the elevator system, which is then exported directly to as raw see to places such as China. Alternatively, I think over 50%—and maybe Rick White can help me with this—is actually domestically crushed in crushing facilities. That is domes

International Trade committee  That's a great question. Again, this is not the first crisis we've seen. The big difference is that working capital has almost tripled since I started farming in 1996, so the costs and the risk that we're putting out in the fields every year are significantly impacted. In terms o

International Trade committee  It's not my area of expertise, so I don't have an answer to that.

International Trade committee  On our farm with the demise of the oil field, there is no shortage of labour wanting to be working on the farm right now.

International Trade committee  Yes, as estimated by trade analysts—I'd be happy to share the sources; they're mainly Stats Canada—that about $340 million in unpriced canola is sitting in the bins right now. That does not account for—if you look at the graph I have up there—that there are crops. On my own far

International Trade committee  To clarify for the committee—and please fact check my numbers—according to the Canadian Oilseed Processors Association, roughly 28% of our domestic processed canola oil and meal goes to China, so we are vulnerable in oil and meal as well.

International Trade committee  No, it's because Germany has a vibrant rapeseed industry as well.

International Trade committee  Their demands for canola oil are a little bit different. Maybe Mr. White could help us with that. If you're asking whether there's a problem with GMOs in Europe, the answer is no.

International Trade committee  They don't grow it there. They buy the oil.

International Trade committee  Yes.

International Trade committee  Yes, it could be industrial rapeseed for biodiesel or food grade rapeseed, but there is canola oil sold into Europe.