TRIAL SEED TERMS AND CONDITIONS - Supply of seed for trials is covered by the following conditions:
DISTRIBUTION OF SEED
a) Orders will be sent by first class post or via carrier and shall be charged at cost. Orders that are sent by carrier are done so on a ‘asap’ but allow up to 7 days for delivery
b) Should any variety be withdrawn from National List trials the offer of seed will be withdrawn.
c) Stocks are limited and will therefore be supplied on a ‘first come, first served’ basis
CHARGES
a) Orders of National Listed varieties up 50kg are sold at £2/kg
b) Quantities over 50kg of any one variety must be applied for by email to tom.barker@secobra.co.uk
c) A minimum invoice charge of £35.00 per order will be made to cover administration, packaging and handling costs.
d) Any seed made available of a variety prior to National Listing is made available at the cost of handling and despatch, on the understanding that it and any data obtained remain the property of the breeder.
CONDITIONS OF SUPPLY
a) All seed is supplied on the understanding that the trial data and comments concerning crops established from that seed shall be made available to Secobra Research.
b) All seed is provided on the acceptance that the produce of the seed will not be used for further multiplication, profit or hybridisation.
c) The seed is supplied for private field trials in the UK only and may not be used for export unless explicit permission has been granted.
d) Trial seed supplied is not to be used in any “blends” or “blending” trials unless otherwise agreed in writing by Secobra Research.
e) Any material produced directly or indirectly from the seed shall become surplus to our requirements and shall be disposed of by you, on our behalf for any purpose other than sowing. Any proceeds of such disposal may be retained by you to offset the expenses incurred.
f) Seed is supplied on the understanding that it will not be used in any breeding or research activity and no detailed analysis will be applied to the material or its progeny without prior written agreement with the breeder.
g) It is understood that, by arrangement Secobra Research or their breeders, partner breeders and agents will be allowed access to their material in trial and subsequent results.
h) The seeds which are supplied with this delivery are conventional varieties bred from parent plants which have not been genetically modified. The methods used in the breeding and development of these varieties include procedures aimed at minimising the presence of adventitious Genetically Modified Organisms (‘GMO’). Production of seed for sowing is carried out in open fields in natural conditions in which there is free circulation of pollen. Production may take place in areas where the growing of genetically modified varieties is authorised. It is therefore not possible to prevent the occurrence of adventitious GMO and to guarantee that the seed lots comprising this delivery are free from all traces of GMO. Although appropriate samples of seed have been tested and/or appropriate due diligence procedures applied in order to comply with applicable seed legislation and for adventitious GMO presence, Secobra Research gives no guarantee that the seed is GMO free and can accept no liability for any damage whatsoever arising from the possible occurrence of adventitious traces of GMO.
i) Seed supplied is subject to Secobra Research usual conditions of sale of seeds
j) Seed is produced to certification standards and will be supplied subject to availability at that standard. The right is reserved to withhold supply without prior notice.
SEED TREATMENT
a) Secobra Research reserve the right to supply treated and untreated seed.
b) Treatments are limited to those available to Secobra Research and/or our seed suppliers.
c) Untreated seed is available on request and Secobra Research do not accept any responsibility for poor establishment that results from the sowing of untreated seed supplied by ourselves or an agent on our behalf.