How does PBR affect the grower?
Purchase of a PBR protected seed variety means that growers face restrictions on the use of the variety. The major restriction is that seed or grain, either purchased or produced from subsequent harvests, cannot be sold, traded, bartered or gifted as seed for sowing. The conditioning and use of farm saved seed, strictly for the farmers own use, does not infringe PBR. If a person engaged in farming activities legitimately obtains seed and subsequently harvests further seed from the plants grown for their own ongoing use only, the PBR are not infringed. It is important to note that an agreement signed at the time the variety is purchased may pose additional restriction on the use of the material.
