Agriculture committee  On the revenue side of things, it would be really interesting to see what shape that would take. With the right shape, it would probably work really well. Basically, for ease of use on the producer side and on the government side, going back to the way it was would be a really ea

Agriculture committee  I think I indicated in my opening remarks that our family has owned this farm for close to 100 years. First of all, producers are stewards of the land. We make our living off of this land, so we are already protecting it to the best ability we can. If we wreck the land, we can n

Agriculture committee  Yes, very possibly, but what I'm saying is that it goes back to being stewards of the land. We're trying to be as environmentally friendly as we can. We've been incorporating changes throughout the years. In the time that I've been farming, we have gone from working the land seve

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much. I think if you're looking at changes between 2013 and 2020 right now, basically we are looking at crop prices that have not really changed a lot. Our inputs have changed tremendously. The capitalization has changed tremendously. Also, I think if you look at

Agriculture committee  It's really interesting, and that's going to be a tough one to answer. There's a suite of programs right now, and each program fits very well at different times. If you look at what we have right now with AgriStability, it's obviously not working. If you look at AgriInvest, bas

Agriculture committee  Erin, do you have a better feel for that?

Agriculture committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, for this opportunity to appear today. My name is Andre Harpe. I am the chair of the Grain Growers' business risk management program. I farm in the Peace region of northern Alberta. Our farm has been in the family for just about a hundred years now