Proposed seed royalty changes on hold

Nov 4, 2019 | 4:52 PM

Prairie farm groups have released results of their seed royalty survey, and they say producers do not support the two seed royalty models under consideration by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency.

New models to collect royalties on saved seed included a “trailing contract royalty” where producers would sign a contract stipulating a royalty is paid when farm-saved seed is used.

The other option is an “end point royalty” in which a royalty is paid when delivering harvested grain from farm-saved seed.

Todd Lewis, president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan, says what they’ve heard from producers is that they are not in a position to absorb extra costs.

Proposed seed royalty changes on hold

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