CSGA Seed Grower Meeting today.... decision day...

[TOM4CWB]

CSGA is meeting in Ottawa today deciding if 'Seed Synergy' and 'Value Creation' initiatives... will go ahead.

Will the spin doctors and 'professional' seed industry win?

[Rareearth]

Is there a chance:
- with seed breeding going private, that the majority of future breeding will be done in other countries with less taxation and road blocks😊 ?

- smaller ish seed growers in Canada disappear, as the demographic and succession of the Family Farms disappear?

- with Canada being a high cost base, overly regulated and taxed jurisdiction, all the seed distribution will go through big retailers, coop, Viterra etc ? Tied to delivery contracts ( extortion bundles) ?

Profitability might improve in the short term? Be careful what you wish for as there are always the “ unintended consequences”

I don’t see the system as broken. If the breeders aren’t profitable go else where, or fix it with value creations not new varieties that get deregisted in a few years

Good luck with the meetings.

[bucket]

But But But.......there is a 9 dollar return for every dollar spent....phuck is our Saskatchewan ag minister stupid.

[bucket]

Bucket Sask doesn't have an ag minister !

Ag is not run properly in Sask !

That's "very" true....but he made the RBA catalog as an endorsement....he is just some stupid....my guess is he inherited anything he had from farming....and sold it out ....

[sawfly1]

Just reviewed the UPOV 91 stuff.
So Tom you can save your
Energy .
It's over, you already gave away
The saved seed option.
91 turned a UPOV 78 a right to save seed into
A privlage ,regulation. a future Gerry Ritz , can eliminate
It with the stroke of a pen.
Not that is really needed, since it also
Gave the right to deregister a variety at any
Time.
Another little tidbit , rules changed on pulses
That any unregistered variety can only
Qualify for the lowest grade.
And to top it up are the contracts you sign
When you purchase the seed .

The farmer saved seed Privlage means
Next to nothing.
And remember, even if we have any
Public breeding left.
Once it is gone. Under the new and old
NAFTA, you can never bring it back without
Having to pay compensation to the seed co.s
For lost potential revenue.

All you can do is shake your head
And swear a lot.

[Braveheart]

If it goes ahead let's launch a class action lawsuit against the seed industry for extortion and racketeering. We'd have a case.

[Goodtime]

There is a fellow in Regina that would gladly take it on.