Seed royalty

[grassfarmer]

........ We lost control of our industry and wont be getting it back without a fight. If we could find the right candidate I would contribute the checkoff dollars I was refunded to support a hired gun to take back control of our industry, we turnover enough money that we should be able to attract a top notch representative.....

Nice sentiment but unrealistic in my opinion - it's going to take a lot more than one person to fight this battle - and all the checkoffs combined wouldn't compete with the dollars and political clout the corporations on the other side spend lobbying.

[bucket]

Nice sentiment but unrealistic in my opinion - it's going to take a lot more than one person to fight this battle - and all the checkoffs combined wouldn't compete with the dollars and political clout the corporations on the other side spend lobbying.

When checkoff dollars quit going to R$D...that will be a start....

Asking MPs to stop flowing money that way as well....

We don't need to grow more...

There are only so many varieties of each crop that become standouts....

Western Canada use to have basically one or two varieties of wheat that made up 85 percent of the wheat grown in a year now it's like stupid amount of varieties and people wonder why meeting specs is tough....

Saskpulse spend tens of millions in R$D. ....we are really no further ahead.....no one is buying our product at steep discounts....

It doesn't take much to fight this just tell the right people to smarten up..


Gerry Ritz was a ****ing moron ....but look at who was whispering in in ear and there are the people that ****ed up our industry with very little vision....

Look who is still beating their chests about August 1 , 2012....yup those are the guys responsible. ...

[SASKFARMER3]

The Seed system is screwed up in Canada.

PAY PAY PAY for same or similar shit and then Deregister varieties. for Bull shit reasons.

Its a joke and they know it. Hopefully, farmers will soon wake up.

You cant pay sky-high seed prices for a yield of 28 bushels an acre in drought conditions.

Just basic math.

Ah, math.

[westernvicki]

The pulse program of the CDC was supported by producer check off, the agreement that allows Sask Pulse Growers to commercialize seed ends in 2020. Does anyone on SPG board want to comment on how the varieties will be commercialized after this agreement.

IF there is a tender process how will the process be set up to insure the process is transparent, accountable and fair?

And yes it is too bad that farmers did not own this plant breeding institution, we should have, followed the LIMAGRAIN route.

[bucket]

The Seed system is screwed up in Canada.

PAY PAY PAY for same or similar shit and then Deregister varieties. for Bull shit reasons.

Its a joke and they know it. Hopefully, farmers will soon wake up.

You cant pay sky-high seed prices for a yield of 28 bushels an acre in drought conditions.

Just basic math.

Ah, math.

Then happily take a discount to harvest tough grain to get it off to pay some bills while the grain companies continue to lower prices.....

I don't get it ...grow more bushels to get less per bushel and guys think they are moving forward.

[SASKFARMER3]

Sell into a falling market because your scared shitless if the crop you harvested will make the winter. Then have the same companies tell you this is the discounts and fun with math to get price lower. Then oh this is the fertilizer price buy buy buy its up 25% and your price per bushel is rock bottom again fun with math.

it's a shit show.

[GOODRUM]

You may be right saskfarmer , it may take more than one but a stacked team with a few of the right people will get more results if they have the passion to do so, more so than all the existing fat cats sitting in their offices , I'm not happy with the status quo and I know it won't improve for us without steering things ourselves.

[bucket]

The pulse program of the CDC was supported by producer check off, the agreement that allows Sask Pulse Growers to commercialize seed ends in 2020. Does anyone on SPG board want to comment on how the varieties will be commercialized after this agreement.

IF there is a tender process how will the process be set up to insure the process is transparent, accountable and fair?

And yes it is too bad that farmers did not own this plant breeding institution, we should have, followed the LIMAGRAIN route.

I think saskpulse just uses checkoff money to create private label varieties for certain companies...
Who was King Red developed for????

Or some black spanish something or other?

One thing is for sure the companies that get exclusive rights don't pay full development costs for the varieties they get custom grown on their buddy's farm...

Oops did i miss something about the direction of the Saskpulse board other than catering to processors....do they pay a checkoff as they process grain?

does this sound like reasonable assessment of saskpulse???

Pulse Canada is an even bigger ****ing joke.......they get federal government funding (575000 earlier this year) to help their operations but don't see fit to ask on behalf of primary producers for an trade distortion payment....and 1.8 million from saskpulse so the same directors can diem to go do SFA on our behalf.

[GOODRUM]

You may be right saskfarmer , it may take more than one but a stacked team with a few of the right people will get more results if they have the passion to do so, more so than all the existing fat cats sitting in their offices , I'm not happy with the status quo and I know it won't improve for us without steering things ourselves.

this was directed at grass not you saskfarmer........oops

[hobbyfrmr]

Seed industry is out of hand.

This must be why hybrid cereals are being promoted.

Agreed. Buying your best corn and soybean genetics has been working well in the US. The seed breeders would love to be able to sell you new genetics for every acre, every year and defend this in court if farmers retain seed. Its a perfect world for them.
Who is farming whom?