Whiny multinational seed companies pulling out of canuckistan

[ajl]

So given that the seed tax is delayed, China's Syngenta and France's Limagrain are stopping cereal breeding in canuckistan. Certified wheat seed is listed at $12 to $15 bu bushel around here. The question is do our competitors in the US, UK, or Australia pay more for seed than that? How about Russia and the Ukraine? Somehow I doubt it. These multinational companies figured canuckistan's government as a soft touch I am sure and would easily convey them all sorts of rights with some wining and dining, and promises of investment but apparently us farmers were not so easily baffled with bullshit. Anyways to Syngenta and Limagrain: wheat prodcuers are not getting a return on their investment right either.

[Oliver88]

Is ChemChina/Syngenta focusing their sales in communist regimes now instead?

[shtferbrains]

Don't let the door hit you in the ass!

Go back to public seed breeders and get some varieties that don't need fungicide every 10 days and loose grade after 2 light rinses.

[MBgrower]

yep, good riddance, and take 'Cant'-erra with you.

[farmaholic]

Maybe the parasites are sensing their host will be on life support soon. Time to move on.

Here's something for those parasites to aim for, I don't need more bushels or more bushels that require more inputs....I need traits, that make me money with LESS investment and expense...even if it means growing LESS bushels. If you can't do that for me....fúck off.

Wow, what a concept.

[WiltonRanch]

Good riddance. Not enough money in cereals for the producer let alone a seed co getting their hooks in. Wonder too if they saw the pushback from producers about seed royalties. Saw there was no more money extort from the system so they left. That said I have no problem with our check offs going to public breeding. Understand it takes money to develop new varieties and we can’t be on the public tit for it all. It’s either that and we keep control or we’re beholden to the bastards like canola.

[bucket]

Good riddance. Not enough money in cereals for the producer let alone a seed co getting their hooks in. Wonder too if they saw the pushback from producers about seed royalties. Saw there was no more money extort from the system so they left. That said I have no problem with our check offs going to public breeding. Understand it takes money to develop new varieties and we can’t be on the public tit for it all. It’s either that and we keep control or we’re beholden to the bastards like canola.

I have a problem with saskpulse using our money to develop private label varieties for processors....

If they are not smart enough to get development costs and a profit out of a variety then why do it?

[helmsdale]

I have a problem with saskpulse using our money to develop private label varieties from processors....

If they are not smart enough to get development costs and a profit out of a variety then why do it?

My thoughts exactly.

If the market isn't demanding it, why the hell are they trying to produce it? Unless they can come up with something dramatically better than what is currently available in the market, how much is all this "tinkering around the edges" of cereal genetics really worth?

It would seem the majority of farmers are saying: "Not Very Much!"

[bgmb]

Great news, government is putting out much better varieties anyways at a reasonable cost. These big seed companies can **** off.

[bgmb]

cert seed is 10 here, very reasonable.