Seed Synergy... what does our Canadian seed system.. need to do?

[furrowtickler]

Upon reflection... a few thoughts for discussion;

1. we Do have a heritage of sharing and caring for Seed provision to Canadian grain farming. The 700 member owners of Secan... which is a non-profit seed group... that has unrestricted membership by any Canadian farmer who needs clear transparent access to quality seeds.... is a good start to assure we move in a direction that seeks a profitable outcome for all Canadian commercial farmers... who grow grain especially in Western Canada.

2. There are approximately 3500 seed [farmer]growers [CSGA members yearly registering] ...in Canada... the vast number of which desire a competitive efficient transparent Canadian seed system that produces best quality grain for global endusers who must provide high quality food tor a world that demands safe, nutritious food.
3. We need to focus on... growing our strong assets... and be better equipped to provide future farmers better seeds for higher quality nutritious foods... that consumers need.
Cheers!

Sounds all warm and fuzzy , but not one mention of how all that results in nothing but increase costs passed onto to primary producer.
#4 should be ... to ensure the value of the increased seed costs are also reflected in maximizing primary producers returns to cover the extra seed costs.
I get where your coming from Tom , if I had a seed farm I would be this issue looks totally different.
But a lot of good posts have been made by westernvickie, yourself and others .
But not a word has been uttered of how these increased cost will effect the primary producers...... where are the premiums that primary producers can get from end markets for all this expensive super seed or extra royalties?
This seems to be a one way street that the primary producer is going to be left out and not only that left to pay for the maintenance.....
Show us as primary producers how we will benefit from actually producing all this high quality, safe and nutritious food .
It just as of yet , not one mention of how we will benefit from this higher demand for seed cost . Unless I missed it somewhere ?

[TOM4CWB]

Upon reflection... a few thoughts for discussion;

1. we Do have a heritage of sharing and caring for Seed provision to Canadian grain farming. The 700 member owners of Secan... which is a non-profit seed group... that has unrestricted membership by any Canadian farmer who needs clear transparent access to quality seeds.... is a good start to assure we move in a direction that seeks a profitable outcome for all Canadian commercial farmers... who grow grain especially in Western Canada.

2. There are approximately 3500 seed [farmer]growers [CSGA members yearly registering] ...in Canada... the vast number of which desire a competitive efficient transparent Canadian seed system that produces best quality grain for global endusers who must provide high quality food tor a world that demands safe, nutritious food.
3. We need to focus on... growing our strong assets... and be better equipped to provide future farmers better seeds for higher quality nutritious foods... that consumers need.
Cheers!