I asked our science director that actual question and he replied with a one-page email, so it's not easy, and I think that's the discussion.
I'll say it this way. There have been questions about “Frankenmeat”. When we look at animals, we don't see a huge potential for GMO use within cattle. The primary reason for that is the environment we work in. If you select a trait for feed efficiency, it can have negative impacts on reproductive efficiency. This is complex. Most of those things we manage through management strategies. We're not in a pork or poultry environment where it's a barn and you can really isolate. We're on pastures and even in feedlots. When we look at GMOs, often there is that perception, that it's this ultra-product for which you're bringing in genes.
This is about advancing traditional breeding. Traditional breeding was the selection of traits, but it was slower. In many cases what we're doing with GMOs or genetic modifications is not inserting traits from other plants or animals but selecting traits and then accelerating them.
I think the one dividing point is when you're inserting traits from other.... I know salmon, right now, has a trait that's being inserted from an eel. That's probably the biggest divide we see—whether it's a selection within a species or outside.