I certainly can.
The reality of the forage industries is they are perennial producers. If a plant breeder develops a forage variety that works very well, one of the attributes I want is long-term survivability and productivity. I have some in my pastures that are now 15 years old and haven't needed any reseeding; they're as productive as they were 15 years ago. If he's successful in providing the plant product that I need, I don't go back to buy more seed very often. That makes it a catch-22 situation, in that it doesn't provide an economic basis for continuing on when we're successful in developing the varieties that provide the kind of growth and productivity we need.
In the annual cropping scenario—and we just heard from the Canola Council—the producer goes back for more seed every year, and the market is very robust and economic in that regard. On the perennial side, it's a different game, because if you successfully provide a good variety and it lasts a long time and is productive over the long term, which is what I need as a rancher to be profitable, then you can see where the two don't fit economically in terms of that plant breeder continuing to produce more varieties.