Interprovincial seed meetings in Saskatoon Western FARMERS Seed RIGHTS

[TOM4CWB]

Tom can recoup his costs ...just charge a little more per bushel....another hunger strike/diet Tom?????

Recoup extra costs?

Part of business risk....

[walterm]

Recoup extra costs?
Not one cent more than you can Bucket. they charge us the same royalty as you... and seed sales get none of the royalty collected... instead we must compete against seed with no royalty being submitted... and often must eat a big chunk of it ourselves... or just dump it down the commercial elevator pit... often after it is cleaned... if farmers change their mind and back out of orders.

On average; We dump more pedigreed seed down the pit commercially... that we sell wholesale as pedigreed seed...

There is a reason you are not growing pedigreed seed Bucket... simply put; the risk is huge and the rewards small.

Cheers

So why don't you sell the pedigreed seed to to farmers as seed at commercial price rather than dumping it down the pit? Some farmers can't afford the high price of pedigreed or lower all pedigreed to a price where it all sells out as seed and everyone can afford it?

[blackpowder]

Because he can't.

[walterm]

Because he can't.

Does seed companies tell seed growers what they have to charge for seed? Really don't know how that works.
Is seed the same at every grower in Canada for the same variety?

[RD414]

My experience is they can charge different prices, bought a variety from one seed grower this spring, ran out and had to get more from second seed grower, 2 bucks cheaper at second place. Tom, please put some names to Big Boys. Always nice to know who is coming at you.

[TOM4CWB]

My experience is they can charge different prices, bought a variety from one seed grower this spring, ran out and had to get more from second seed grower, 2 bucks cheaper at second place. Tom, please put some names to Big Boys. Always nice to know who is coming at you.

Crop Life Canada...CropLife Canada represents plant science companies that make plant biotechnology, pesticides and herbicides for agriculture and urban use. 34 looks like...https://croplife.ca/about-us/members-2/

[TOM4CWB]

Does seed companies tell seed growers what they have to charge for seed? Really don't know how that works.
Is seed the same at every grower in Canada for the same variety?

Much like Blackpowder stated.

[TOM4CWB]

On the relationship between the multinational 'big boys' and independent grassroots individual member seed growers;

Seed Growers have been communicated with... and looks like the CSGA will be dissolved.

Sorry folks, I apologize that I over reacted. Guess this is what the Seed Industry wants.

Sincerely,
Tom4cwb

[furrowtickler]

Bring back public breeding done by the U of S.
What you are describing will drive farms out of business for zero farmer benefits.
Canadian farms can not survive on $100/ac seed costs. We can not follow the US models.
This will end up being a ***ien disaster for Canadian grain farms .
Unfortunately it is too late . The farmer warning went unheard and this was coming a long time ago . Actually the very day that seed bill was passed . Unfortunately some individuals actually thought it would benefit them and supported that bill..... that will not happen.

[bucket]

Anyone hazard a guess as to what government started this....

Name names as to who was in the back rooms....

And what farmer organization is still on board with it .....


Answer those questions and it will make more sense....