I think the big thing there is, first of all, that genetically modified feed is safe. We eat it. We eat it as consumers when we're eating these things, when we eat corn, so there are no adverse effects. Of course, to deal with some of the public concerns, we look at whether there are residues and whether we can see any measurable differences in the meat. There are no residues. “Residues” is a negative term because it's often linked to something like antimicrobials. The point is that a billion animals have been looked at and the meat looks the same whether it's coming from feed that is non-GMO or GMO. l think our industry is really well positioned to look at that. In western Canada, we feed barley, which is not genetically modified, and we feed corn in other areas. The beef is the same.
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