See my post 4 if you would like. It speaks to your comment.
Thanks. I totally agree.
My family has owned/operated farms in this county since 1889. I spent 35 years in the whole hardware distribution business with 2 privately held companies. I dealt daily with independent businessmen. Same problem in both.
We are in the planting seed business. Bulk certified crop seed. We have the same scale and cost of doing business issues. The National an State bureaucrats design the nightmare from the requirements of the seed licensing laws, created specifically for a hand full of companies who lobbied DC Politicians to write them. Now one of the largest such companies, after hiring the best breeders from K-State and TX A&M took over much of the legal side of those universities seed breeding. That is Syngenta (Agri Pro) and is being sold to the Chinese government. I think the figure was 13 billion dollars. So, TX A&M and K-State will be partnered with the ChiCom Government for their seed operation.
I quit A&M as a seed source a number of years ago. Thought about ending seed production, but found Oklahoma State Foundation Seed as an alternative.
Problem now the state of Texas has decided to increase fees associated with inspection and weights and measures to 2-3 times what they were last year. Due to shortfall in oil revenue.
The actual seed royalty to the Foundation seed source is still the same it’s the state of TX that is doing this to cover their bureaucracy cost.