WD9,
It is a very poorly organized country that we live in, if the data sets are presented to our government for initial registration, then when the patent runs out the PMRA can't access those same data sets.
FNA is just the forerunner of the generic chemical importation business. If the OUI program was launched in full force, the people at FNA would be out of work. There are lots of businesses that would sprout up and handle the generic chemicals to farmers. FNA has had the vision to get the ball rolling and introduce farmers to some competition.
As I see it the whole problem with the OUI program is that it is a import direct to farm program. There is no chemical dealer involved, no chemical reps, no warehousing, etc. NO MIDDLEMEN are making MONEY. It is very hard for Canadian chemical dealers to compete with this. Local chemical companies will probably be the ones handling the importation and sales of generic chemicals in the future. This would allow farmers to have some chemical savings and dealers to have some profit as well.
Thank God that some generic chemical has made its way into Canada, so farmers here can see what the rest of the world is truely paying for product. It obviously is a game of pricing the product to what the market will bear.
Amazing to me how the local glyphosate market dropped in price on low end glyphosate, and then when it was too late to get delivery of the Clearout 41, there was no supply of local product to be had. But there was lots of the higher priced (higher margin?) glyphosate to be had. This shell game is bad for farmers. All the more reason for the OUI or programs like it to be in place. IT HELPS CREATE COMPETITION!!!!!
It is a very poorly organized country that we live in, if the data sets are presented to our government for initial registration, then when the patent runs out the PMRA can't access those same data sets.
FNA is just the forerunner of the generic chemical importation business. If the OUI program was launched in full force, the people at FNA would be out of work. There are lots of businesses that would sprout up and handle the generic chemicals to farmers. FNA has had the vision to get the ball rolling and introduce farmers to some competition.
As I see it the whole problem with the OUI program is that it is a import direct to farm program. There is no chemical dealer involved, no chemical reps, no warehousing, etc. NO MIDDLEMEN are making MONEY. It is very hard for Canadian chemical dealers to compete with this. Local chemical companies will probably be the ones handling the importation and sales of generic chemicals in the future. This would allow farmers to have some chemical savings and dealers to have some profit as well.
Thank God that some generic chemical has made its way into Canada, so farmers here can see what the rest of the world is truely paying for product. It obviously is a game of pricing the product to what the market will bear.
Amazing to me how the local glyphosate market dropped in price on low end glyphosate, and then when it was too late to get delivery of the Clearout 41, there was no supply of local product to be had. But there was lots of the higher priced (higher margin?) glyphosate to be had. This shell game is bad for farmers. All the more reason for the OUI or programs like it to be in place. IT HELPS CREATE COMPETITION!!!!!
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