W. Douglas Fawcett

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Applying a trailing seed royalty to every acre of grain that a farmer plants from seed produced on his own land makes the farmer responsible for subsidizing the cost of food to the consumer and gives the control of seed to a “seed entity” with corporate interests, says the writer. | Reuters/Mohamed Abd El Ghan photo
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Trailing royalty proposal a bad idea

The question of implementing a seed royalty has been drawn to my attention. What I understand is that the seed sector is planning an industry-wide amalgamation that would combine the five major seed organizations: the Canadian Seed Growers Association, the Canadian Seed Trade Association, the Canadian Seed Institute, the Canadian Plant Technology Agency and the […] Read more

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