Certainly I do appreciate all of you being here today.
I'm actually going to go back to the very simple basics here. When I talked to farmers and others about the fact that we were going to be doing this study on biotechnology, people would say, “Well, what is biotechnology? Tell me a little bit more about exactly what it is you're going to study.”
Obviously, I think I have a pretty basic understanding of what biotechnology is. I mentioned GMOs to them, innovation in crops, and things like that. Really, though, I found that I actually struggled to explain, in about 30 seconds, what biotechnology was.
I've been listening to the three of you this morning, and I think if anyone could answer that question succinctly and wisely in about 30 seconds, it would probably be each of you three gentlemen.
So that's what I want to ask you: can each of you define for me, in about 30 seconds, what biotechnology is?