Thank you to the witnesses for coming.
Welcome to the students. I'm hoping you'll learn something fantastic from this experience that you have here on the agriculture committee.
Ms. Townsend, in terms of your presentation, you talked about mostly the investments in corn, canola, and soybeans. I know that innovation certainly is a driving force in the industry. How has that changed in terms of the world economy, and how do you see that affecting the population growth? You did talk about additional food being produced to feed the world.