Mr. Derrie Dillon:

Our president mentioned the unprecedented numbers involved in agricultural education. If every young farmer going through agricultural college at present was successfully entering farming and engaging in the schemes, such as the young farmer top-up, per annum, we would be getting close to what we would like to achieve in sustaining farmer numbers. Our president called out the need for clear targets. We talk about targets for many areas, such as clear targets for young farmers and the level we want to see. We set out in the document the number from which it has dropped down to its current level but primarily, we are not seeing the numbers we have going through agricultural college coming through the current schemes and supports. Where are a number of them going? They are not engaging in schemes, which would lead you to believe they are not getting opportunities within agriculture.