I'd like to share with you two success stories from public breeding. Almost 100% of the small red, black, and great northern beans grown in southern Alberta were developed by Agriculture Canada's bean breeding program. These varieties have market demand. They incorporate disease resistance. They're high quality, but most importantly, these varieties have improved farmers' bottom lines.
Public research has also been integral to the success of Canadian farmers. There's the example of the wheat variety developed by Agriculture Canada scientists, AC Barrie, which has been planted on 50 million acres of Canadian farmland over the last 10 years. The gross value of this wheat is $1 billion and it has contributed over $540 million in incremental farm gate revenue because of its improved yield and disease resistance.