Beans are a good example. We do have some private investment. Thompsons has a breeding program, and a number of other private companies do. But what we look for is that private-public partnership that will extract the highest value. Dr. Van Acker talked about some mapping. So I think there is a role we can look at and say, “How do we extract maximum value out of research dollars?”
Innovation is going to be the key. We have to address production problems. When we talk about efficiency, what is holding us back? I won't try to compete with the agronomist as a witness, but do we need to focus on improving nitrogen fixation in beans? Do we need to focus on better disease resistance? Then we need to look at where partnership between the private and public sectors will best make that happen.
A diversified cropping system will provide some of the stability that farmers are looking for. It's also good from a production perspective, because you're spreading risk and opportunity across a lot of crops.