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Editorial: The farm organizations ‘that matter’

By John Morriss March 23, 2015

The recent decision to join UPOV ’91, the international agreement on plant breeders’ rights, was part of Bill C-18, “The Agricultural Growth Act.” Back in the day, it would have been called something like “An Act Regarding the Application of Plant Breeders’ Rights in Canada.” The previous Bill C-18 would have been “An Act to

Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz, shown here last month in Saskatoon, on Friday announced royal assent for his Bill C-18, the Agricultural Growth Act. (Agr.gc.ca)

Crops, Markets

Ritz’s Agricultural Growth Act now law

By Allan Dawson, GFM Network News February 27, 2015

Banff — There was applause here when plant breeders, seed companies and farmers at the Prairie Recommending Committee for Wheat, Rye and Triticale heard the Agricultural Growth Act, with its stronger intellectual property rights, was about to receive royal assent. Immediately after the bill received royal assent Wednesday, Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz tabled a treaty

Cereals, Opinion

Editorial: Will Wheat Commission’s PDQ project have any teeth?

Also, A job for the senators: Answering the unanswered questions of UPOV '91

By John Morriss February 17, 2015

If you didn’t read Phil Franz-Warkentin’s article on calculating basis on page 11 last week and don’t still have a copy, you can find it by going to our website and searching for “muddied.” That word appropriately describes the voodoo combination of futures and exchange rates that Prairie grain companies use to calculate their published

Crops, Local news

You can save seed, but can you ‘stock’ it?

As UPOV ’91 becomes closer to reality for Canadian farmers and seed breeders, many questions remain to be answered

By Shannon VanRaes February 17, 2015

Planned amendments to Canada’s Plant Breeders’ Rights Act are generating a lot of questions and few answers, as some farmers begin to fear they’ll be left to reap what the federal government sows. Omnibus Bill C-18 — known as the Agricultural Growth Act — will affect a total of nine pieces of legislation including the

Opinion

Does CETA offer any real value to Canadian farmers?

Trade agreements may offer negative outcomes for Canadians

By Jan Slomp October 22, 2014

On September 26, the federal government announced that negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Trade Agreement with the European Union (CETA) have been finalized. A normal procedure for such a substantial change in a democratic society allows for a broad discussion, with debate and hearings, about impacts on various groups of people and economic sectors before

Crops, National news

Right to save seed will be absolutely clear, Ritz vows

The government has introduced amendments to its Agricultural Growth Act  to make the language around seed saving clearer

By Alex Binkley October 17, 2014

Legislation updating plant breeders’ rights will be amended to make it absolutely clear that farmers can save and replant seeds from crops they have grown, says Agriculture Minister Gerry Ritz. It was one of several amendments the government plans for the Agriculture Growth Act, which was forced through second reading in the Commons in June.

Crops

Farmers’ groups speak out in favour of plant breeders’ rights

The national coalition says farmers’ ability to save seed is not affected by  legislation strengthening plant breeders’ rights

By Alex Binkley May 28, 2014

A coalition of farm and agriculture supply groups are defending federal legislation to update plant breeders’ rights from attacks by the National Farmers Union, environmental organizations and the United Church of Canada. Partners in Innovation includes the Canadian Federation of Agriculture and Grain Growers of Canada, the two largest farm organizations, as well as 15

Crops

CFA joins coalition supporting plant breeders’ rights changes

The bill to update Canada’s plant breeders’ rights provisions is before Parliament

By Alex Binkley May 21, 2014

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture has joined a coalition of farm and seed industry groups supporting controversial changes to plant breeders’ rights. The CFA wasn’t included in the Partners in Innovation when the coalition was formed last year to support C-18 the Agriculture Growth Act. While it supported the breeders’ provisions, the country’s main farm

Crops

Agriculture debate on Bill C-18 sours quickly

The government says opposition MPs, but critics say the government was late introducing the legislation for debate

By Alex Binkley March 21, 2014

Opposition MPs have lots of questions and comments about the implications of government legislation to improve the rights of seed developers and change farm support programs. However, when they challenged some provisions in C-18, the Canadian Agricultural Growth Act, during the first few hours of second-reading debate, the government accused them of trying to hijack

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Tag Archives Plant breeders’ rights

Editorial: The farm organizations ‘that matter’

Ritz’s Agricultural Growth Act now law

Editorial: Will Wheat Commission’s PDQ project have any teeth?

You can save seed, but can you ‘stock’ it?

Does CETA offer any real value to Canadian farmers?

Right to save seed will be absolutely clear, Ritz vows

Farmers’ groups speak out in favour of plant breeders’ rights

CFA joins coalition supporting plant breeders’ rights changes

Agriculture debate on Bill C-18 sours quickly

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