I think you have to be a little bit naive to do that sort of thing.
The first year, I just decided we were going to do it. I could not get a variety of wheat in Canada that would serve the purpose. I couldn't consistently grow corn, so I had nothing that I could feed my pigs or put in my ethanol plant that I could grow on my farm and make money on from a grain point of view. We looked at a lot of options. We had the resources within our contract research company just to do it. The first summer we just made the crosses that now were going to be registered.
Then we decided we couldn't really produce a variety just for our own farm. What were we going to do with it? Some of you may know Owen McAuley. I approached him and kind of floated this idea across him of forming a co-op, because there were probably other people who could benefit from it, so that's what we did. We were very fortunate to get some help with Agriculture Canada. We have a line that's actually out in the market right now called 409. It's only available to our members. It didn't get registered, and that's probably another topic. There's no good reason it didn't get registered.
The Manitoba Rural Adaptation Council has come to the forefront and helped us with some joint funding that's kept us afloat. There is a deficit on the books that my wife doesn't seem to appreciate. I suggested it's long-term investment, but two of my companies hold a lot of that debt. It will be erased fairly quickly as we get a good variety on the market, but there's a seven-year time lag in getting that going. Not very many people either could do it or would want to do it; fortunately, I was in a position of having the resources to get it done.