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Nate Belcher

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620 total appearances

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Podcast Appearances

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

The price difference kind of going away from that 85 and being more of an 85 to 125 range allows us to bring some genetics to market that they may not yield very good for us in the seed field, even though they're phenomenal combos.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

They cost us a little more to bring to market, but it still makes total sense.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So even though everything's not at 85 bucks, you know, 105 is still a good deal.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

125 is still a good deal.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

It's just more of a cost of goods thing.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Like in a bag, like a retail cost?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

You're well over $100 plus minimum.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

I mean, let's put it this way.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So for us, you take out the trades, take out the licensing, take out all those royalty type payments.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

It doesn't cost us or them like...

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Corn seed production is a competitive market, right?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

So there are companies that all they do is contract.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

They produce corn seed.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

For us to put 80,000 kernels in a bag, it doesn't cost the big boys any more than that to put those 80,000 kernels in a bag.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

If anything, it's cheaper because they're doing it at a scale that's huge, right?

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

They're bigger than us.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

Now, you could argue there's a lot of research that goes in.

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

The argument that they would say would be there's a lot of research, you know, R&D,

Farm4Profit Podcast
Off-Patent Genetics leading to Lower Costs - Changing Seed Industry

a whole host of breeders, you know, logistics, all that.