Well that happened.
And before that happened, a monopoly by a few seed licensing companies took control of seed breeding and and partnered with the largest public universities seed programs. (Monsanto is another such company, China attempted unsuccessfully to buy.)
And factor in seed licensing laws written by lobbyists of the seed breeding cabals.
Result? Fed more lawyers, more bureaucraps and more record keeping.
Yes, we raise planting seed. And abide by the seed laws. But that has nothing to do with mother nature.
“Farming is easy, if your pencil is your plow and the nearest field is 1,000 miles away.”
What could possibly go wrong?
Last year the low market price for wheat chilled what was planted. Lowest acreage since the 1920’s.
And this is at a time when the dollar is at an all time high on exchange rate with many of our foreign customers. (at times more than 50% of US wheat production has gone to foreign markets)
So, yes I know the consequences of government decisions.
ChemChina’s purchase of Syngenta a win-win [Not Win for US] (view and article from China)
“Seed licensing laws”? There is no such thing, doesn’t exist. There is patent law which for plants is 20 years, no execeptions which has remained pretty much unchanged since established. Perhaps you mean the licensing agreements written into the seed purchase contracts, which are are not subject to lobbying efforts before congress.
You should buy a vowel or a clue or something.