Plant Breeders Rights (PBR)
A Plant Breeders Right (PBR) is an exclusive commercial right to a registered variety. The rights are a form of intellectual property, like patents and copyright, and are administered under the Plant Breeder’s Rights Act 1994 (LINK).
PBR allows the holder, directly or via licensing other persons, with the exclusive commercial rights to:
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- Produce and reproduce the material
- Condition the material for the purpose of propagation
- Offer the material for sale
- Sell the material
- Import the material, and
- Export the material
Purchase of a PBR protected seed variety means that growers face restrictions on the use of the variety. For individual growers the major restriction is that the current seed or the produce of the subsequent harvests cannot be sold as seed for sowing. This restriction includes seed sales and trading between farmers.
Plant Breeder Right’s are important for the development of the grains industry as they provide plant breeders with a system to protect their intellectual property and gain a financial reward for their innovation. Without the PBR system there would be very little investment in developing new genetic material that improved grower’s productivity.
Grainsearch Grower Licence and Royalty Agreement 2011 66kb 
End Point Royalties
An End Point Royalty (EPR) is a royalty paid on every tonne of grain produced by the grower of a particular cereal variety. The royalty payable by the grower may vary between varieties. Please note not all cereal varieties have end point royalties applying to the grain produced.
End point royalty declaration now due 99kb