Eligible Varieties

The list of agreed wheat and barley varieties subject to a Farm Saved Seed System royalty include a number that are protected under the previous Plant Variety Rights Act 1987 and still in wide use today. In agreement with Federated Farmers Arable these have been included in the voluntary system.

Farm Saved Seed Cultivar List

WheatCatherine
CRWT267
Duchess
Firefly
Firelight
Graham
Griffin
Hanson
Ignite
Inferno
Kinetic
Reliance
Ruapuna
Starfire
SY Defiant
Tanzanite
Voltron
Whopper
BarleyButtress
Dolomite
Florence
Fortitude
Laureate
RGT Planet
Surge
SY Silhouette
SY Transformer

Royalty Rates

In agreement with Federated Farmers Arable the following royalty rates have been agreed:

Barley seed                     $150/tonne (excluding GST)
Wheat seed                    $300/tonne (excluding GST)