If farmers must pay more for seed, they want more say

[LEP]

[QUOTE=TOM4CWB;402295]

DML Farmer,

My [back of match pac] logic on the Planted Seed sources is this:

18% Certified seed...
Then 3 years average grown from legally used by Commercial farmer on own farm[52%].

There by leaving perhaps 30% seed use then that is not in compliance with PBR laws left over.

Confirmation work;
I did talk to a major seed co leader today... and he would not quote the exact stats... because as WD9 says... the plant breeders and Seed Co's are somewhat afraid if we knew... but really want access to the information that every single commercial grain growers planted cereal varieties sown by acreage[each year].

Then it is the responsibility of commercial grain growers to justify where these varieties came from...
and "after the old varieties are 'deregistered'... cough cough splutter... I should say are reclassified... we will then get the funds we need to properly"...fund cereal varieties etc etc... by having grain growers buy the new varieties,

My spirit was/is grieved. I suppose this dear fellow thought I would be impressed... in a positive way... WRONG.

I told this fellow... with privacy laws... and as he called it the 'underground' seed trade already in place... I told him he was dreaming if he thought the trailing royalty model would significantly change the current CULTURAL situation of historic individual commercial farmer non-compliance, RE; R&D variety funding of Cereals.

WD9 again is right... we can fund a reasonable varietal development cereals program... through the primarily the public plant breeding system... if non-compliance to PBR laws is stopped... and the underground seed sales system were shut down.

Upov 78 makes it illegal to Sell any registered Varieties as common seed.
Upov 91 makes it illegal to Sell OR BUY any registered Varieties as common seed
PBR has been in effect for 25 years... so good luck with varieties over 25 years old...

With genetic testing... the new technology can tell exactly which varieties are in a blended sample... down to the single percent... and the CGC and CWB were doing this a decade ago.

I said the foolishness of doing the same thing over and over, ... yet expecting a different result... applied here.

The Seed Growers are generally not impressed with how this was being rolled out,,, and how Seed Grower farmers are taking the abuse from the seed trade rush to come up with a solution.

CGC protections of registered varieties were withdrawn... because climatic conditions and the failure of Variety screening to properly apply gluten strength standards... I was told today. He agreed this should be a grading quality issue... Not an excuse to downgrade varieties [to a lower CGC class] because of bad weather.

So the CWB leg of the 3 legged stool [CGC Act, Seeds Act, CWB Act] has left us with grain farmers at the mercy of multinational extraction of value from blending of CWRS ..., all wheat... because the CGC now listens to grain co's their customers[CWB farmer voice is gone]

Was told in so many words.. "Cereals Canada and cereal producer commissions did not have enough clout to force the CGC to back down".

Cheers!
It is a brave new world!!! Two steps forward... and one back!!!!

Tom, sorry I think your math is off. Non compliance is way lower than you calculate because many people use farm saved seed longer than 3 years. In my case I probably average 4 or 5. I even know a couple neighbours that would be 10 or more.

[TOM4CWB]

[QUOTE=LEP;402297]

Tom, sorry I think your math is off. Non compliance is way lower than you calculate because many people use farm saved seed longer than 3 years. In my case I probably average 4 or 5. I even know a couple neighbours that would be 10 or more.

LEP Thanks for your input;
Obviously from year to year... the amount of saved reseeded acreage changes... as drought and frost events play a role. Even if we cut the number of PBR infringement acres in half... this would still double the royalties collected. What is sustainable? What is fair? Why not have fair costs shared in a fair way? What would this amount be? We need to have the discussion with factual numbers... and a resolution... with those who pay... determining the outcome.
Cheers.

[SASKFARMER3]

Tom why not have real farmers for once try to be sustainable. Not protect and make a welfare system for seed growers and seed companies.

If a variety is great we buy it .

If a variety is shit we leave it behind.

Every company selling seed tells me it’s 10% better than the one we grow. Some aren’t even close yet these will be subsidized.

It’s a crock of shit welfare system

[dmlfarmer]

Tom, your calculation is not taking into account that when farmers buy a new variety they do not purchase it for every acre. But if they like it, it may be the only variety they seed of that crop for the next few years. For example, lets say I seed 2500 acres of wheat every year. I want to try a new variety but I don't try it on every acre. I purchase seed from a seed grower for 3 quarters, (to make it easy lets say 500 acres. I really like it so the next year and following couple of years I use my farm saved seed for all wheat acres I plant. I did not buy or sell any brown bag seed and legally seeded only farm saved seed. My initial purchase was 500/2500 acres or roughly 20% which fits with amount of pedigreed seed purchased. But on my farm, my pedigreed seed purchase for the next year is 0% yet I seeded 5 times the acres with that variety. That is how production expands so quickly - not because of illegal brown bagged sales.

[bucket]

Tom, your calculation is not taking into account that when farmers buy a new variety they do not purchase it for every acre. But if they like it, it may be the only variety they seed of that crop for the next few years. For example, lets say I seed 2500 acres of wheat every year. I want to try a new variety but I don't try it on every acre. I purchase seed from a seed grower for 3 quarters, (to make it easy lets say 500 acres. I really like it so the next year and following couple of years I use my farm saved seed for all wheat acres I plant. I did not buy or sell any brown bag seed and legally seeded only farm saved seed. My initial purchase was 500/2500 acres or roughly 20% which fits with amount of pedigreed seed purchased. But on my farm, my pedigreed seed purchase for the next year is 0% yet I seeded 5 times the acres with that variety. That is how production expands so quickly - not because of illegal brown bagged sales.

But you see TOM4$4HIMSELF wants some action on your own multiplication of that 20 percent for the rest of your farm forever. ...

He won't address the issue if the time you buy a new variety and it's a dud.....then he wants the royalty plus the chance to sell you new seed again....

As I said before ......he is just a lark for his masters. ....


The details to this seed tax have not been made clear. ...like who compensates farmers for a variety that doesn't perform to the standards or characteristics the seed grower advertises.....

Or if it affects a market.....

Or gets reclassified....

[TOM4CWB]

Tom why not have real farmers for once try to be sustainable. Not protect and make a welfare system for seed growers and seed companies.

If a variety is great we buy it .

If a variety is shit we leave it behind.

Every company selling seed tells me it’s 10% better than the one we grow. Some aren’t even close yet these will be subsidized.

It’s a crock of shit welfare system

Thx SF3

The underground [ PBR intellectual property protection breaching] trade/sales of planting seed... is/was the discussion... when I and my family are forced to pay TWICE AS MUCH royalty on Certified planting Seed... because some folks take advantage of family farmers like us... to 'feather their nests' with our blood sweat and tears.
Have a great day... from the shores of -30 with 20km winds warming our souls!!!

[dmlfarmer]

The most amazing part of Tom's reply is that he admits he has no actual proof of his claim that 30% of the seed is brown bag illegal seed, that it is simply his back of the match book estimate. This is the criteria farmers on which are being told to accept additional costs on? Unbelievable. Surely there is better proof that action needs to be taken than wild guesstimates.

Second, Tom, if you think 30% (or more) of your growers are ripping you off, why are you even a seed grower?

Third: If my fuel retailer said to me, you are not using as much fuel as your neighbors, therefore I think you must be stealing fuel from me or someone else, how long do think it would be before I told that retailer where to go and changed fuel suppliers. Accusing your customers of theft without any proof is extremely poor customer relations. No wonder farmers are upset with the seed industry/growers.

[dmlfarmer]

But you see TOM4$4HIMSELF wants some action on your own multiplication of that 20 percent for the rest of your farm forever. ...

He won't address the issue if the time you buy a new variety and it's a dud.....then he wants the royalty plus the chance to sell you new seed again....

As I said before ......he is just a lark for his masters. ....


The details to this seed tax have not been made clear. ...like who compensates farmers for a variety that doesn't perform to the standards or characteristics the seed grower advertises.....

Or if it affects a market.....

Or gets reclassified....

Agree 100% Too bad the seed industry is not honest enough to admit the reason for royalties is a tax on farm multiplication of seed rather than blame it on their guesstimates of brown bagging and the need for research. I respect honesty. I have no respect for con games/BSers.

[TOM4CWB]

But you see TOM4$4HIMSELF wants some action on your own multiplication of that 20 percent for the rest of your farm forever. ...

He won't address the issue if the time you buy a new variety and it's a dud.....then he wants the royalty plus the chance to sell you new seed again....

As I said before ......he is just a lark for his masters. ....


The details to this seed tax have not been made clear. ...like who compensates farmers for a variety that doesn't perform to the standards or characteristics the seed grower advertises.....

Or if it affects a market.....

Or gets reclassified....

Bucket,

Did you actually read anything in the last 10 posts?

Perhaps if you had...

you would reflect that clubbing the folks who are asking and looking for practical common sense solutions... with your spiteful vernacular... could you please consider our honest attempt to do the difficult task of standing in the way of overwhelming injustice/cultural profiteering ... who thank you every time... you help them pocket big $$$ at the expense of our family farms.

Thx for your genuine consideration of these issues in advance.
Sincerely

[bucket]

Let's make this simple....


TOM's masters want more money....