Thank you, everybody, for being here.
One of the issues that came up a lot yesterday, but not so much today, is the issue of our food security and being able to sustain ourselves, being able to buy locally, making sure our institutions purchase local food, and so on. I think people are concerned about that.
The other thing I think we're in agreement on is that the commodities we export are quality. We're known for our wheat and durum and for our malting barley, for example. Taking it from the point of view of the primary producer at the grassroots level, we then look at the need for research and whether it's the private or public sector.
We touched on biotechnology. We have this quality. We know we have to look after our food security. We have commodities that are respected and sought after around the world. There's actually the whole area of biotechnology and the fact that we want to develop new strains, new brands, new varieties.
What actual benefit do you as a farmer at the grassroots level see from this? What role, if there is a benefit, should the government be playing? I guess the underlying question is this. Is it maybe the biotech companies that might benefit more from assistance and research than the actual farmer?
That's a general question, but I'd like your comments.
Maybe, Lynn, you could start with that.