This is still a very marketable crop. Almost every year you have something.
This is, unfortunately, one of the years that was conducive to a scab outbreak.
We've been able to respond to their needs. We sell spring wheat in 100 markets each year, and they're consistently our third largest (market) behind Japan and the Philippines. They pay premium prices, and they pay cash.
In talking to the industry, people are fairly confident this is a manageable situation.
I think everybody's feeling on this is it will get better as times goes on.
They may open their market, but a market to what?
We've always thought it would go a long way if Canada would volunteer price information so our producers would know if they are being beaten on price or on other factors, like quality.
DON is more of a food processing issue than a food safety issue.
It was a very serious fire.
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