- we can all agree that it costs more for plant breeding than in the past. Or can we with CRISPER the whole process is accelerated, half the time in the lab and half in the field to confirm hypothesis. So maybe it’s actually cheaper and faster to produce new varieties?
- how are the end point royalties going to be collected in foreign countries? There has been documented cases of corn seed leaving the research plots in the USA for other destinations C....
Wonder if they change the variety name, if everything is ok then?
Most countries buy on price and quality, they will not enforce, monitor or even care who has the “patent†?
- it has been suggested that to keep ahead we have to spend and invest more, “trust me “, what other countries have legit breeding programs that could compromise the breeding companies market share, effectiveness and competitiveness for Canadian growers?
- Eastern Europe Russia, Ukraine, Kasikstan, etc why bother, they have companies set up in Saskatoon and else where to export the newest and best. They hire agroligists saskatchewan to show them “how tooâ€, where why and how. Plus financial advisors, etc. Equipment manufactures, that’s how you grow your company.
- Clause has talked about Argentina, the only problems they have are currency, government, corruption etc
- India, Pakistan, Europe, Brazil, Australia, etc which countries are truly contributing to plant breeding, and which ones have an office, lab, few employees for show?
- if the majors want exclusive varieties, royalties, etc then provide a true harmonized system where all seed and chemicals are sold at the same price! Level the playing field. Sell in every country based on the dreaded US dollar. The vast majority of insecticides, herbicides, Biologicals are being manufactured in India and China. One formulation plant in Regina, bring home the manufacturing jobs to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, if all this research is being done here.
We don’t need a system where they charge what the market can absorb, we see this all the time with our Fertilizer industry, prices based on Florida or New Orleans, plus freight, currency etc because we are a captive market. The cost to produce N has Never been less.
- feels like trying to maximize share holder value. In the case of farmer funded or public funded breeders it’s assumed private sector can’t do it as well as private, ?
With producer funds in Sask the breeding is done with the Crop Development Center.
- is this CDC owned by the UofS ?
- does CDC support and promotes upov?
- to what extent, how many dollars go to general revenue from CDC? Or simply asked, how much money are they making? Is government supporting upov for this reason, less need for their funds?
Vandervalk, you are correct in how the system is being utilized. Your farm might have equity to offset the increased costs. It’s not going to help or improve your competitiveness growing, canola, barley etc. There used to be (still is?) a strong livestock sector. Why are corn ddg displacing barley, not enough barley breeding or research? Where did all the packing plants go? This is what’s happening to crop farmers, we are having it handed to us by competing exporters, in other countries that grow our varieties ( or similar), it’s competativeness issues and battles that are of utmost importance!
- how are the end point royalties going to be collected in foreign countries? There has been documented cases of corn seed leaving the research plots in the USA for other destinations C....
Wonder if they change the variety name, if everything is ok then?
Most countries buy on price and quality, they will not enforce, monitor or even care who has the “patent†?
- it has been suggested that to keep ahead we have to spend and invest more, “trust me “, what other countries have legit breeding programs that could compromise the breeding companies market share, effectiveness and competitiveness for Canadian growers?
- Eastern Europe Russia, Ukraine, Kasikstan, etc why bother, they have companies set up in Saskatoon and else where to export the newest and best. They hire agroligists saskatchewan to show them “how tooâ€, where why and how. Plus financial advisors, etc. Equipment manufactures, that’s how you grow your company.
- Clause has talked about Argentina, the only problems they have are currency, government, corruption etc
- India, Pakistan, Europe, Brazil, Australia, etc which countries are truly contributing to plant breeding, and which ones have an office, lab, few employees for show?
- if the majors want exclusive varieties, royalties, etc then provide a true harmonized system where all seed and chemicals are sold at the same price! Level the playing field. Sell in every country based on the dreaded US dollar. The vast majority of insecticides, herbicides, Biologicals are being manufactured in India and China. One formulation plant in Regina, bring home the manufacturing jobs to Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, if all this research is being done here.
We don’t need a system where they charge what the market can absorb, we see this all the time with our Fertilizer industry, prices based on Florida or New Orleans, plus freight, currency etc because we are a captive market. The cost to produce N has Never been less.
- feels like trying to maximize share holder value. In the case of farmer funded or public funded breeders it’s assumed private sector can’t do it as well as private, ?
With producer funds in Sask the breeding is done with the Crop Development Center.
- is this CDC owned by the UofS ?
- does CDC support and promotes upov?
- to what extent, how many dollars go to general revenue from CDC? Or simply asked, how much money are they making? Is government supporting upov for this reason, less need for their funds?
Vandervalk, you are correct in how the system is being utilized. Your farm might have equity to offset the increased costs. It’s not going to help or improve your competitiveness growing, canola, barley etc. There used to be (still is?) a strong livestock sector. Why are corn ddg displacing barley, not enough barley breeding or research? Where did all the packing plants go? This is what’s happening to crop farmers, we are having it handed to us by competing exporters, in other countries that grow our varieties ( or similar), it’s competativeness issues and battles that are of utmost importance!
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