That's a good question. GMO is certainly a powerful tool. It's been very effective in some of our crops, namely, canola, soybeans and corn. I'd have to say that in those areas, it's well established. It's used broadly and that continues.
In the case of some of our other crops, cereals and pulses namely, there is no GMO. In Canada, as far as I know, there's no research in those areas. The primary reason for that is not that they're not a powerful tool, nor is there a feeling that they're not safe; it's the issue of consumer acceptance.
You're right. Going into Europe, one of the questions we ask informally as we meet with customers, and we do this quite routinely, is when the acceptance of GMOs will occur, and when that tool could become available. It will be a long time yet. For the people we meet with, they say that personally, they don't see an issue, but from a customer perspective, they just see all kinds of minefields on those. Certainly, canola faced a number of challenges going into Europe with having to have certain traits registered, and trying to get those approved. The seeds have been mainly processed elsewhere and the oil shipped into Europe.
In the case of wheat and pulses, I don't think you're going to see GMO in the near future as a tool in our tool box. However, in Australia and other parts of the world, they're certainly doing a fair bit of testing and seeing some improvements in yields and such things.
At this point, I don't expect to see any activity on the cereals and the pulses, and no research on that. All the research they're doing now is on non-GMO.