Tell me, when was CDC Copeland first registered? And then also, when was CDC Churchill first registered?

Copeland was in 1999.

How has breeding technology and processes evolved, you know, since Copeland? Is it getting better? Is it just as hard as it always was?

Well, I don't think it's got any easier, but the tools... over the generations have certainly improved.

What we can do with molecular characterization of characteristics is so much better now than back in my days.

And that helps you to associate genetic markers with the traits that you're after.

And so then when you're screening the offspring, it makes it easier to pick out the good ones.

Applied breeding is all about a numbers game.