Can a seed conditioner advertise farmer-saved seed of a protected variety?
NO Can a seed conditioner sell or act as broker for farmer-saved seed of a protected variety? NO What is Title V? Title V is an additional level of protection under the Plant Variety Protection Act. The owner of the variety has the option to also put the variety under Title V at the same time that he registers under PVP. In addition to the other PVPA requirements, a variety under Title V must be sold as a certified class of seed, by meeting the standards of an official seed certifying agency. So, where does this put VNS (Variety Not Stated)? Public seed can still be saved and sold as variety not stated. But its difficult to know for sure what is in that bag tagged as VNS. Can you say for sure that it is a pure public or unprotected variety, or does it contain some percentage of a PVP variety? Even mixed seed containing a protected variety is illegal. What happens if you are caught illegally selling protected varieties? The owner of the variety is subject to be compensated for lost prof
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