It's clear that they spend millions and millions of dollars to develop this technology. Yesterday I sat in Guelph at the soybean board meeting, and we addressed issues, such as whether we are going to support this research. At the end of the day, the answer was yes. We want to support research. Research is innovation, and innovation is a good thing. You understand that, Randy. You agree with that.
The problem is that we want to see research scientists work together, but on the other side of the coin, they come up with a new technology, and they spend millions of dollars doing it.
It's like the Iogen plant right next door here. We spent millions of dollars on that technology, and then they say that they're going to the U.S. They're going to move somewhere else, that they won't use Canadian straw in that plant. That was risk, wasn't it? That was very real. That almost happened. Now I understand they're going to build a facility right in your back door, Randy. I think you're happy about that.
What do I have to say about that? I would like to see the research. It's going to be partnered together with federal and provincial dollars, but at the end of the day, it's Monsanto's technology. Are we prepared to spend dollars and allow that to go there? If they're going to put dollars into it, they get the right to the technology. I firmly believe that.