Hi Charlie et.el;
I spent a little time doing this article that I hope
provides some light on the UPOV 78 vs UPOV 91
debate...
How do these contracts/agreements relate to PBR,
varieties for our families commercial grain farm and
for me as a long time seed grower?
"Public vs private plant breeding;
How does UPOV 91 change anything from UPOV 78...
other than giving the PLANT BREEDER the opportunity
to collect royalties...it matters NOT if they are public or
private varieties.
If you 'like' your system that produces seed produced
at your farm... great! Grow a variety that can
accommodate your system. UPOV is entirely separate.
PBR is outside of these 78 or 91 agreements as well.
Is it not fair to return a small levy to the plant
breeder... whoever they are... to allow these people to
create new and better varieties for our customers
needs?
Pedigreed Foremost CPS seed is a good example of a
public variety that we grow.
As a Secan member I must return $31/t levy to Secan
and the Plant Breeder. IN 2014.
AC Foremost is NOT PBR... and UPOV 78 or UPOV 91
has no effect on whether a variety is or isn't PBR. That
decision is up to the actual plant breeder (now)...
under either UPOV 78 or UPOV 91.
The decision of an end point or seed levy/royalty on
varieties is also up to the plant breeder and in turn
applied through those who have the marketing rights
to a specific variety. Again there is no difference
between Public and Private plant breeding (or their
rights as plant breeders) and no bias towards private or
'Corporate' ownership in UPOV 91. Why are folks
saying that there is?
If you want to produce your own variety... not have PBR
on it... collect no royalty or levy at the pedigreed level
or end point upon sale of the commercial produce...
you are fully capable to proceed and invest in such a
project!
If we growers need to provide the best food products
to our customers... investments will be required from
us as well... there is no free ride.
The intrinsic qualities of a food /grain/product...
provide the valuation criteria to those who would buy
this produce.
And so it should be!
A rope needs to be pulled... pushing a rope seldom
results in productivity!
Have a great day!
Cheers!
hThis is a frustrating subject for myself as a Select seed
grower (Growing out Breeder seed through 5
generations of Select seed... then Foundation,
Registered, Certified and Recertified, seeds; if the Plant
Breeder requires and 'the market' {and farmer needs
demand}) and from the experience of being a CSGA
member for well over 30 years.
I spent a little time doing this article that I hope
provides some light on the UPOV 78 vs UPOV 91
debate...
How do these contracts/agreements relate to PBR,
varieties for our families commercial grain farm and
for me as a long time seed grower?
"Public vs private plant breeding;
How does UPOV 91 change anything from UPOV 78...
other than giving the PLANT BREEDER the opportunity
to collect royalties...it matters NOT if they are public or
private varieties.
If you 'like' your system that produces seed produced
at your farm... great! Grow a variety that can
accommodate your system. UPOV is entirely separate.
PBR is outside of these 78 or 91 agreements as well.
Is it not fair to return a small levy to the plant
breeder... whoever they are... to allow these people to
create new and better varieties for our customers
needs?
Pedigreed Foremost CPS seed is a good example of a
public variety that we grow.
As a Secan member I must return $31/t levy to Secan
and the Plant Breeder. IN 2014.
AC Foremost is NOT PBR... and UPOV 78 or UPOV 91
has no effect on whether a variety is or isn't PBR. That
decision is up to the actual plant breeder (now)...
under either UPOV 78 or UPOV 91.
The decision of an end point or seed levy/royalty on
varieties is also up to the plant breeder and in turn
applied through those who have the marketing rights
to a specific variety. Again there is no difference
between Public and Private plant breeding (or their
rights as plant breeders) and no bias towards private or
'Corporate' ownership in UPOV 91. Why are folks
saying that there is?
If you want to produce your own variety... not have PBR
on it... collect no royalty or levy at the pedigreed level
or end point upon sale of the commercial produce...
you are fully capable to proceed and invest in such a
project!
If we growers need to provide the best food products
to our customers... investments will be required from
us as well... there is no free ride.
The intrinsic qualities of a food /grain/product...
provide the valuation criteria to those who would buy
this produce.
And so it should be!
A rope needs to be pulled... pushing a rope seldom
results in productivity!
Have a great day!
Cheers!
hThis is a frustrating subject for myself as a Select seed
grower (Growing out Breeder seed through 5
generations of Select seed... then Foundation,
Registered, Certified and Recertified, seeds; if the Plant
Breeder requires and 'the market' {and farmer needs
demand}) and from the experience of being a CSGA
member for well over 30 years.