Those services include satellite connections to buyers in the United States. We're also in the publishing business. Our Western Producer is Canada's premier farm newspaper. As you can see, we are committed to diversification and innovation. It's not easy.
Innovation is more difficult for established businesses than for new industries.
We recognized early on that with the entry of multinational grain companies into our marketplace, competition in the grain industry would be fierce. There are currently nine large and mid-sized grain companies in Western Canada. Some analysts are predicting that two thirds of those grain companies will eventually fail or be swallowed up. We plan on being in the other third. As I mentioned earlier, we've made some tough, but necessary, decisions.