PASTURE SEEDS 
Published: 24 Aug 2011
Publication Code: 11-086
Author(s): Reynolds, Rocque
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DownloadA Standard Contract for the Pasture Seeds Industry
27 July 2009 – 11 February 2013
This fact sheet is drawn from the RIRDC publication Fair Dinkum: A seed production agreement for the pasture seeds industry (RIRDC publication no. 11/004). The draft Seed Production Agreement was developed to be easy to understand and use. The main part of the agreement sets out obligations of the grower and the buyer, and the schedules to the agreement provide the details of the contract.The draft agreement is presented in the publication.
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