Yes, thanks for the question.
Absolutely. Dela and Brian are probably a little closer these days to the research that goes on at the research station in Kentville, especially Dela as the representative of the Fruit Growers' Association. But as a producer, again I always hearken back to the profitability issue. If part of profitability is keeping your input costs under control on the farm, a very important part of that in the apple industry, which is one of the things we do on our farm, is knowing the rates of what products at what time for what insect, pathogen, fungus, or whatever is going to do the job to allow you to produce the quality of fruit that you can eventually sell at a reasonable price, wherever your market is.
I know certainly in the past, and I'm sure currently, at the research station in Kentville, the information that has come out of Kentville in terms of rates and types of product, and all those sorts of things has been very important. If that helps maintain the profitability on the farm by reducing some of your costs, then it's absolutely important. Whether it's out of Kentville, the Nova Scotia Agricultural College, Nappan, or whatever local station, yes, it's very important.