Until recently we produced certified planting seed. My father died 2 years ago, he required 24/7 care living at home for 2-3 years.
We quit producing the seed. The cleaning and processing machinery is still in place, but the legal complexity of the process just keeps getting worse. It is aimed to take small producers out. Note: Butz’s quote, get big or get out.
Butz was very much like Landslide Lyndon Johnson. Same rough language and lack of polish. Both were large scale manipulators.