Research Development and Breeding

[malleefarmer]

How are the above funded in Canada when it comes to cereal,canola lentils etc.

Here we pay .99% on all grain delivered and thats law, its taken out of payment regardless of who you sell to. This levy is for research by industry scinetist etc.

Another 21 cents per tonne for our farmer organization called Grains Council Australia who lobby to federal and state governments this voluntary but every one has it taken out.

Finally we have Plant Beeders Royalties which are between $1.50 and $3.30 per tonne this goes straight o breeders.Once a variety has been grown for usually 5 years the plant breeders right expire.

[hedgehog]

mallee, how is harvest going?
yours and generally? ru underwater?

[TOM4CWB]

Mallee,

Canada is one of the few countries in the developed world that has not put UPOV 91 in place.

We agreed to do it... but have not had the political/self dicsipline in western Canada to return our seed variety owners royalties on grower planted 'bin run' seeds. About 75 percent of grain growers participate in this Sask/AB 'designated area' grain growers right.

www.2011mediocrity.com/

Western Farmers expect a free ride on seed... just like we expect our marketing agent to get premium value without providing premium service and quality.

We are getting exactly what we deserve.

Mediocrity.

[gustgd]

Wheat is .30 cents tonne, Barley is .50 cents. Payment is off the final payment on all sales through the CWB. No checkoff on Feed or industrial sales. Producers can opt out before the crop year starts.

Oats are .50 cents/tonne. Canola $1.00/tonne. mandatory refundable.

Pulses are at 1%, mandatory non-refundable. Seen as the Cadillac of the Canadian system.

Canadian farmers are watching Aussies with jelousy. You are
a)closer to port
b) kicking the snot out of us on plant breeding
c) have a climate that most of us travel thousands of miles to get to for two weeks in Feb.

Toms thoughts on UPOV are close enough that I wont have to type them again.

[ward.toma]

An update on the western Canadian
levies, they vary by province.

Alberta is and Manitoba are $1/tonne
sold, refundable. Saskatchewan is
$0.75/tonne sold, refundable.

The pulse levy in Alberta is 1% of the
value of sales and is refundable.

The Alberta Winter Wheat Producers
Commission and the Alberta Barley
Commission also collect a levy on the
respective grain in Alberta and are also
refundable. There are also forage seed
commissions, vegetable and bee
commissions in Alberta. Also beef, pork,
lamb commission, all refundable in
Alberta.

All of these organizations fund
production related research, genetic
development, market development and
promotion, growers extension and
government advocacy to some degree, each
determined by the farmer elected Board
of Directors. All have websites.


Ward Toma, P.Ag.
General Manager
Alberta Canola Producers

visit us online at canola.ab.ca or on
your smartphone at m.canola.ab.ca

[ward.toma]

Sorry, I meant to start with "An update on
the western Canadian canola
levies, they vary by province."

Sorry

Ward

[charliep]

Your question malleefarmer but I thought I would include a link for GRDC to
help western Canadian farmers understand your system.

Will note the difference is not so much the amount of money collected but
rather the way your organizations have structured themselves to attract private
sector funding for plant breeding on the one hand and a system where
government/producer investment is handled such that there is a return on
investment for both these groups and the retained earning used to fund more
plant breeding activities.

[URL="http://www.grdc.com.au/"]GRDC[/URL]

<a href="http://www.csiro.au/resources/GrainPrebreeding.html">CSIRO</a>

[malleefarmer]

I dont grow malt barley and more or much barley at all but Harrington barley used kill all the aussie varities it was the preffered varity in ther world it seems, i know thats a few years back. Our bredders got on there bikes and started to tackle the problem now we have i think at least6 malt varities