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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

Authors

Peter Portmann

Keywords

Seeds, Seed production, Plant breeding, Plant variety rights, Cereals, Lupins, Western Australia

Disciplines

Agronomy and Crop Sciences | Plant Breeding and Genetics

First Page Number

15

Last Page Number

17

ISSN

0021-8618

Abstract

Royalties have been collected sales of all new crop varieties released in We tern ustralia by the Department of Agriculture since the lease of Merrit lupins and Yilgarn oats in 1991.

Many questions have been raised by farmers about these royalties. Why pay royalties when we have already paid for the development of the varieties through our Grains Research end: Development Corporation levy? Why should we pay a Jevy if it - is just going back into Government revenue? Is there any real benefit to us?

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