Spring wheat seed?

[farmerm]

We reminded you that the sale and/or transfer of farm saved seed is against the law.
There are no sanctions that allow for the movement of farm saved seed and doing so remains illegal.

To trade in Certified Seed of protected varieties, you must hold a BSPB Sub-Licence in addition to being registered with the Ministry (APHA/SASA) – please contact BSPB for details.
Certified Seed can be sown and subsequently re-sown, as Farm Saved Seed, on the same holding. Certified Seed cannot be sold, traded, bartered or re-packaged without the required licences.

Any queries, please call us on 01353 653209.

So if one breaks the law, what are the penalties?

Though I don't expect a reply. You are have made if rather clear your unwilling to engage here where replies are public record. I find it rather shameful given it is the royalties paid but us growers that fund your existence. If you wish to participate in the forum you should play an advisory role not just one in which your contribution is only to issue legal threats. I really have no wish to discuss these issues with you in private phone conversations. I am talking purely hypotheticals, I have no plans to breach the legislation personally, my spring drillings this year, if it ever dries, are all SFI and all the seed mixes have already been purchased through the legal certified channels. Now that being said I can absolutely see why people will be contemplating sticking up 2 fingers because bad laws are treated with the contempt they deserve and the legislation has really fallen behind todays realities. You should have a role in ensuring the legislation is fit for purpose and clearly it no longer is.

 

[farmerphilly]

If I sold a home bred breeding bull, would I get a royalty payment for each calf of its progeny?
Although back on topic I can think of a few occasions when the breeders should have returned any royalties out of common decency because the variety was soon embarrassed

 

[Cropper]

Farm Saved Seed
The Plant Varieties Act 1997 underpins the breeders rights on a protected variety. The legislation can be viewed here:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/66/contents

“PBR shall not extend to the use by a farmer for propagating purposes in the field on his own holding of the product of the harvest which he has obtained by planting on his own holding propagating material of a) the protected variety [b…]” UK (9)

HMRC publish the regulations here:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/farm-saved-seed

Certified Seed
To sell Certified seed, that is seed bought from a seed merchant, you need a licence as per The Seed Marketing Regulations 2011. The legislation can be viewed here:
https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/463/made

“Operations requiring a licence from the Secretary of State

20.—(1) Any person carrying out any of the following operations must be licensed to do so by the Secretary of State—

(a)marketing seed;
(b)packing, sealing or labelling seed;
(c)re-packing, re-sealing or re-labelling seed;
(d)preparing mixtures of seed for marketing;
(e)cleaning, treating or in any other way processing seed intended for marketing.”

It doesn’t say you can’t give it away though !

 

[teslacoils]

Ah royalties. Generating no real breeding advancement since Consort / Clare.

 

[Flintstone]

We reminded you that the sale and/or transfer of farm saved seed is against the law.
There are no sanctions that allow for the movement of farm saved seed and doing so remains illegal.

To trade in Certified Seed of protected varieties, you must hold a BSPB Sub-Licence in addition to being registered with the Ministry (APHA/SASA) – please contact BSPB for details.
Certified Seed can be sown and subsequently re-sown, as Farm Saved Seed, on the same holding. Certified Seed cannot be sold, traded, bartered or re-packaged without the required licences.

Any queries, please call us on 01353 653209.

I bet you’re a right laugh at the office Christmas party.

 

[Ollimay]

We have 8 tons of Nissaba spring wheat. B97 Worcestershire 07707077081

 

[Spencer]

We have 8 tons of Nissaba spring wheat. B97 Worcestershire 07707077081

Be careful.. the Gestapo are lurking

 

[Woody j]

We have 8 tons of Nissaba spring wheat. B97 Worcestershire 07707077081

Sell as feed wheat to keep ur self on the right side of the law!!

 

[Ollimay]

Sell as feed wheat to keep ur self on the right side of the law!!

Lucky our merchants are happy to credit me & re-invoice to the buyer (if there are any). That way it’s all above board

 

[bobk]

Did the seed police ever get back to us on reclaiming royalties on failed crops ?

 

[Woody j]

Did the seed police ever get back to us on reclaiming royalties on failed crops ?

Still waiting

 

[bobk]

Still waiting

Thought so , another useless quango

 

[farmerm]

Did the seed police ever get back to us on reclaiming royalties on failed crops ?

Of course not. They delight in issuing warnings but have no wish to engage on public record with us simple farming plebs in any sort of meaningful or constructive way.

 

[DanniAgro]

We have 8 tons of Nissaba spring wheat. B97 Worcestershire 07707077081

Now you tell me!