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Seed royalty meeting leaves unanswered questions

Farmers fear handing  a blank cheque to private breeders

By Allan Dawson November 29, 2018

How much more will cereal seed cost Canadian farmers? That’s what those at the first federal government consultation on the proposed new cereal seed royalties were most interested in. The answer? It depends on how much the royalty is — and how it’s applied. Who sets the royalty — government or breeding organizations — hasn’t

Farmers have long sown saved seed, but that could start coming with a price tag under two proposed royalty systems.

News

Royalty shift could equal more costly seed for farmers

Proposal proponents tout farmer access to better varieties because of market incentives

By Allan Dawson November 9, 2018

Nobody likes paying more. But it’s also often said you get what you pay for. That’s the dilemma facing Canadian farmers being consulted about new options for paying higher royalties on cereal and pulse seed. It’s said those royalties will encourage foreign and domestic investment in variety development, which supporters of the options say will

News, Other

Seed industry applauds PBR consultations

Sessions will be held in four cities — including Winnipeg — with seed growers and other groups

By Alex Binkley October 22, 2018

Agriculture Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will be consulting with seed trade groups in the coming weeks on proposed Plant Breeders’ Rights Regulations released in April. Those sessions in Edmonton, Saskatoon, Winnipeg and Ottawa will be followed up with sessions in November that will include the Canadian Federation of Agriculture, Grain Growers of

News, Other

Consultation on plant variety royalty options soon starting

The seed sector says the goal is encouraging more plant-breeding investment in Canada

By Allan Dawson October 16, 2018

Federal government consultations on ways to encourage more investment in plant breeding will start this fall, says Todd Hyra, president of the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA) and SeCan’s business manager for Western Canada. “It’s really about how to generate investment for plant breeders, incent investment by new innovators that want to come to Canada

Lowe Farm farmer Butch Harder told the seed growers’ meeting he opposes additional royalties for cereal breeders, calling the plan a “seed tax.”

Crops, News

The ‘value capture’ conundrum

A proposal to better compensate cereal breeders will almost certainly cost farmers more  either when they buy seed or when they deliver grain to the elevator

By Allan Dawson March 2, 2018

Some call it a cereals ‘seed tax’ while others say it’s an investment in improved varieties. Either way, Canadian farmers face paying more for new varieties, or when they deliver the crop, if one of two proposed new “value capture” models is implemented by the federal government in 2019. “We want Canada to continue to

Crops

CSTA welcomes its 66th president

By GFM Network News, Manitoba Co-operator Staff July 24, 2017

Dan Wright, of Monsanto Canada, has been named the 66th President of the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the association says in a release. Wright has been involved with the CSTA for a number of years. In that time, he has served on the board of directors for two years and on the executive for three

Seed institute executive director Roy van Wyk says organic seed growers are among its new clients.

Crops, Local news

Soy boom boosts bulk pedigreed seed storage

Executive director of the Canadian Seed Institute reports on recent accreditation and training activity

By Jennifer Paige August 2, 2016

An increase in the number of bulk pedigreed seed storage facilities in Western Canada is keeping inspectors busy, says the executive director of the Canadian Seed Institute (CSI). “We are seeing an increase in bulk storage facilities right now. We believe this is largely due to the increase in the movement of soybeans in Western

CFIA’s Mark Forhan told the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) it’s too big.

Cereals, Crops

CFIA tells wheat recommending committee its operating procedures still need work

The Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale thought it had met  most of former agricuture minister Gerry Ritz’s requests

By Allan Dawson March 22, 2016

The ghost of agriculture minister past haunted the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale (PRCWRT) during its annual meeting Feb. 25 in Saskatoon. Gerry Ritz isn’t agriculture minister and there’s a new Liberal government in Ottawa, yet some of his policies on Canada’s variety registration system are still being implemented by the Canadian

New Plant Breeders’ Rights rules under UPOV ’91 give seed companies the option of tracking down those who infringe on those rights through the entire grain system. Lorne Hadley, executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency, says pedigreed seed growers need to help communicate the new regulations to their farmer-customers.

Crops, News

Tracking down illicit seed sellers

Private investigators are helping the seed trade  enforce plant breeders’ rights

By Allan Dawson January 7, 2016

Undercover private investigators are helping nab seed dealers suspected of contravening Canadian Plant Breeders’ Rights (PBR) regulations, the executive director of the Canadian Plant Technology Agency (CPTA) says. Lorne Hadley told the Manitoba Seed Growers’ Association’s annual meeting in Winnipeg Dec. 10 his agency has co-ordinated 70 investigations resulting in “a number of cases going

Opinion

Seed trade says thanks to Gerry Ritz

By Peter Entz November 27, 2013

On behalf of the board of directors and the members of the Canadian Seed Trade Association (CSTA), I would like to thank you for taking the time from your busy schedule to speak to delegates at our semi-annual meeting. Your comments were welcomed and appreciated. Your steadfast support of science as the basis for regulatory

Daily Network News

CFIA says regulatory changes will cut agricultural red tape

U.S. livestock: Feeder cattle hit record high on tight supply, strong cash prices

ICE Canada Weekly: Canola poised to slip below C$600/tonne

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