VUA Platform

What is the VUA Platform?

The Variety Use Agreement (VUA) platform is a web-based tool used to support and increase plant breeding investment and innovation by facilitating royalty collection in a cost effective manner. It is built on the principles of value, transparency and choice for producers. The VUA applies to specific seed varieties as determined by plant breeders and their distributors. 

How does it work?

When producers purchase a VUA variety and divert some of that grain at harvest for seed use and plant it the following spring, they will be invoiced a ‘Variety Use Fee’ for use of the variety. This fee (which is set at the time of certified seed purchase) will be invoiced to the producer every year that the farm saved seed of the VUA variety is grown. 

Questions?

Click below to view our Frequently Asked Questions. If your question is not covered, please contact Mel Reekie, Manager, Intellectual Property Programs at mreekie@seeds-canada.ca

VUA Platform Training Resources

For VUA Platform users, please refer to the below helpful videos to assist you within the Platform. If you’re looking to self-register on the Platform, refer to the video entitled VUA Platform: Self Registration and continue to https://vua.seedvaluecreation.ca to create your account.   

Varieties

Click through the menu below to view varieties and their maximum prices. The maximum reflects the maximum VUA fees that will be charged to a producer who is using these varieties as farm-saved seed on their own farms.

ESMA

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: Ackermann Saatzucht GmbH & Co. KG, Irlbach, Germany

Fee: $2/ac

 

KWS KELLIE

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: KWS SAAT SE & Co. Einbeck, Germany

Fee: $2/ac

 

RGT ASTEROID

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: RAGT 2n SAS, Rodez Cedex 9, France

Fee: $3/ac

 

RGT PLANET

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: RAGT 2n SAS, Rodez Cedex 9, France

Fee: $3/ac

 

SU RUZENA

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: Ackermann Saatzucht GmbH & Co. KG, Irlbach, Germany

Fee: $7/ac

DL DELICIOUS – PEA

Distributor: FP Genetics

Breeder: Olaf Sass, Norddeutsche Pflanzenzücht, Holtsee, Germany

Fee: $2/ac

DL GOLDEYE – PEA, YELLOW

Distributor: DL Seeds

Breeder: Olaf Sass, Norddeutsche Pflanzenzücht, Holtsee, Germany

Fee: $2/ac

ND PALOMINO – PINTO BEAN

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Juan M. Osorno, NDSU Research Foundation, Fargo, USA & Philip Miklas, USDA-Agricultural Research Service, Prosser, USA

Fee: $5/ac

CDC 5791 – PEA, YELLOW

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Limagrain Cereal Seeds LLC, Windsor, USA

Fee: $3/ac

CDC 6928 – LENTIL, SMALL RED

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Limagrain Cereal Seeds LLC, Windsor, USA

Fee: $3/ac

CDC 6956 – LENTIL, SMALL RED

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Limagrain Cereal Seeds LLC, Windsor, USA

Fee: $3/ac

NG17009GT

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: North Dakota State University Research Foundation, Fargo, USA

Fee: $11/ac

 

NG21008GT20

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: North Dakota State University Research Foundation, Fargo, USA

Fee: $11/ac

CS ACCELERATE – CPSR

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC, Windsor, USA

Fee: $2/ac

CS DAYBREAK – CWRS

Distributor: Canterra Seeds

Breeder: Limagrain Cereal Seeds, LLC, Windsor, USA

Fee: $2/ac

AAC REID

Distributor: SeCan

Breeder: Weikai Yan, Agriculture & Agri-Food Canada, Ottawa, Ontario

Fee: $5/ac

 

OT6036

Distributor: Alliance Seed  

Fee: $2.50/ac

Certified seed launch is scheduled for Fall 2026