A Cn/Cp'Writ of Execution' has been registered against all our western CDN grainfarms

[sawfly]

Tom what are you on.
quit taking it,
your health is more important than this crusade.
i know the gov. is responsible for the
transportation fiasco we now face.
you have just been a target on here for your defense of them.
it is almost like your having a crisis of faith.
you helped feed this snake and now it bit you.
now you bring another snake in.
UPOV91
but it will be nicer?

[TOM4CWB]

Then BTO, you had better hire a different agronomist; get a new seed supplier... do more research... or all of the above!

Cheers!

Get all of your friends to write CEO Hunter a letter... you folks could flood his mail room!!! Write Bill Gates;

""The only person who beneficially owns, or exercises control or direction over, directly or indirectly, shares carrying 10 per cent or more of the voting rights attached to any class of shares of the company is Mr. William H. Gates III," the circular said.

CN's market capitalization for its 458.6 million shares was $32 billion."

They need to know... about the nasty and mean war he has waged against the farmers in western Canada!!!

[furrowtickler]

Tom , so UPOV 91 will not cost the average farmer a lot more in seed expenses?

[TOM4CWB]

Sawfly,

IN CASE YOU FORGOT...

WE
ARE
THE
Government.

So now you complain... why?

My musings actually make sense... so you must try to politically cut me down to size... cause... conservative people who care for each other...

Are unworthy of any consideration?

Do you work for Hunter's alliance? Are you being paid by them???

[TOM4CWB]

Furrow,

Seed prices well may not change... in fact they may be reduced if brown bagging is reduced.

R and D will be paid by more growers which should mean actual individuals could well pay less.

[wmoebis]

And so it should be. Farmers have and will continue to pay for R&D. Any thing else will be next to theft.
Seed growers should get COP only seed should be same price as commercial.

[furrowtickler]

I am not talking seed prices, it's the overal seed cost that has a lot of people worried. Buying 80 ac of wheat at $14 is a lot cheaper than buying 4000 ac of wheat at $13.99 .
So if I only need to buy 80 ac worth of new cert seed every couple of years what's the big benifit of UPOV 91 to R and D ? It's is no different than the current set up unless we will be forced to buy all certified seed for every ac we farm every year then the money for you and R and D will be huge .

[wmoebis]

We haven't been TOLD what the royalty will be yet! Could be more than the seed.
Ritz just signed a blank check on our behalf.

[TOM4CWB]

wmoebis,

We have provincial Universities breeding varieties,
Ag Canada,
Provincial gov's Ag Depts,
Private seed co's that are farmer owned,
Pulse growers provincially,
plus the multinationals.

Your wild imagination... should mean already... we would have been paying vastly more being that a functional PBR system has been in place since 1990.

"Who administers plant breeders' rights?

Since 1990, Canada has had legislation called the Plant Breeders' Rights Act. This law is administered by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency's Plant Breeders' Rights Office.

Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights program is voluntary: a breeder may choose to protect a new variety or not. The grant of a plant breeder's right does not overrule any other mandatory regulatory requirements.

Plant breeders' rights that are granted in Canada only apply in Canada. To protect that same variety in another country, the breeder must make a separate application in that jurisdiction."

"Can heritage varieties be protected by plant breeders' rights?

In most cases, heritage varieties are not eligible for protection by plant breeders' rights because they do not meet the requirement of being "new".

How is a plant variety evaluated?

Before being granted protection under plant breeders' rights, new plant varieties must be evaluated in growing trials to confirm that they are
•distinct from all other varieties, and
•sufficiently uniform and stable in their characteristics."
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/plants/plant-breeders-rights/overview/eng/1335968583875/1335969867075

wmoebis,

Will you write CEO Hunter, and provide an explanation that clearly provides evidence... that grain growers are being hurt by his aggressive hurtful management practices that lower service and increase basis?

If not, Why not? Will you make a submission to the CTA?

Thanks for your consideration!

[wmoebis]

Tom I pay people and agencies to do that work for me. Surely they are doing their jobs.
The people are MR. Ritz and Ms. Raitt. The agencies are CTA. and CGC.

[sawfly]

your good for a laugh, Tom
" it is going to cost less for seed now"
that's a duzey .

the same day you ask for help.
because the railways that could do no wrong. are now eating their own young,
(that's means you tom)

a corporate monopoly you and your party helped create , is now taking you to the cleaners.

at the same time you are promoting another corporate monopoly in seed.

and you fail to see a parallel.

that is just about the
craziest thing i have ever heard

[TOM4CWB]

Sawfly,

Ag Canada,

WGRF,

Universities all across western Canada,

Producer funded breeding programs like AB,Sask,Mb pulse running for decades... as well as today,

Secan... a farmer cooperative owned by CDN grain farmers right across Canada;

Lethbridge Ag Canada, Alberta Bean growers... with Alberta Specific bean varieties,

Special Winter Wheat CDN varieties developed here... for our farms;

Do you even care...??? that to call this a monopoly seed system... is absurd... and in NO way can be compared to the rail transportation system in western Canada?

Thanks for the Chat.