Seed Companies

Phil & Deb Batalden (bataphil@rrcnet.org)
Wed, 17 Nov 1999 12:48:14 -0600

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The talk around here in the farmer circle is how years back when =
pioneer had high yeilding and heavy test weight seedcorn and the =
competitors did not, the competitors bought some pioneer seed and raised =
seed from the pioneer seed to get the same results from their seed. They =
knew they could get away with it until dna testing came along. Now there =
are lawsuits going on between the companies, over the pvp rights, but =
those same seed companies who pirated the seed from pioneer are using =
the pvp to sue farmers who plant seed kept from their crop. Any one =
else heard anything about this?=20
Phil

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    The talk=20 around here in the farmer circle is how years back when pioneer had high = yeilding and heavy test weight seedcorn and the competitors did not, the = competitors bought some pioneer seed and raised seed from the pioneer = seed to=20 get the same results from their seed. They knew they could get away with = it=20 until dna testing came along. Now there are lawsuits going on between = the=20 companies, over the pvp rights, but those same seed companies who = pirated the=20 seed from pioneer are using the pvp to sue farmers who plant seed = kept =20 from their crop. Any one else heard anything about this? =
   =20 Phil 
 
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