Thanks for your question.
First of all, I believe that farmers will only adopt, and should only adopt, new technology if it either decreases their cost of production or increases their profitability. I think everyone in the seed industry in Canada would agree with that. Really, I think the only reason some of those technologies have become so popular with producers is because they have a significant impact on reducing their costs of production. Thus we're seeing a lot more technology being delivered through seed, because it is more economical for the farmer to use and has quite a number of environmental benefits and other spinoffs that are quite beneficial to society as a whole.
I think we have to remember throughout the whole discussion that the status quo is certainly always an option for farmers, in terms of not adopting new technology, but I think what we've seen time and time again is that these new technologies, again, are very beneficial to the farmers' bottom line and that's why they become adopted so quickly.
Again, the CSTA has gone on record saying that we support farmers' ability to save seed in terms of farm-saved seed under the Plant Breeders' Rights Act. It's only when you get into a patented technology where producers have the choice whether to buy that or not. It's certainly under their own free will, and we don't believe they're going to invest unless it's in their best interest.