b'as new varieties coming to market areWith an end-point royalty system, concerned. Change is scary but fallingtheyre going to pay the royalty anyway behind the rest of the world is evenon what they produce. Of the two scarier. options, the trailing royalty model is the way to go.Encouraging Certified Seed Use A third proposed model for value Laurie Wakefield, past-president of thecreation has been put forward by a few Saskatchewan Seed Growers Associationproducer groups. At the July meetings and the owner of Wakefield Seeds, saysin Whistler, a model referred to as in terms of safeguarding his business,the Collective Research Model was the trailing royalty option is the way tointroduced by the Alberta Federation go. He also spoke as part of the valueof Agriculture, Keystone Agricultural creation panel in Whistler. Producers and the Agricultural We wouldnt want to support anyProducers Association of Saskatchewan.kind of system that could be a deterrentThe Collective Research Model is to people buying certified seed. Theproposed as being similar to an end-trailing contract system would allowpoint royalty collected on delivered producers greater choice of either buyinggrain but would distribute one portion certified seed or not, and at the sameof the funds collected to plant breeding time know what it is going to cost them,programs and another portion to Wakefield says. a collective pool. A new producerLaurie Wakefield is a past-president of the Saskatchewan Seed Growers Association.THIS GUY JUST pIcked Up 44MT of perfecTlY TreaTed wHeaT In 38 MInUTeS!Search G40 Seed Treater on YouTubeand see for yourself.www.seedtreating.comBrian EllisPhone: 403-556-2846 Fax: [email protected] 2019 61'