Certification is void unless a certification tag accompanies the seed. Varieties where acres are not listed are proprietary and acre figures are not released. Super Seeds, Inc. 358 C 33 R Prairie Farms, Ltd. Registered seed is the parent stock for the production of Certified seed.
Certified seed is the planting stock recommended for commercial production.
The purpose of PVPA is to encourage the development of novel varieties of sexually reproduced plants and to make them available to the public, providing protection available to those who breed, develop or discover them and thereby promoting progress in agriculture in the public interest. The owner of a new and novel variety who obtains a Certificate of Protection under the PVPA has control over the use of that variety, somewhat like an inventor has control over his patented inventions. The term of plant variety protection expires 18 years after the Certificate of Protection is issued. The owner has the right to exclude others from selling, offering for sale, reproducing, importing, exporting or using the protected variety in the production of a hybrid or different variety during this time. Two options for plant protection are available to the developer of a variety.