End Point Royalties

End Point Royalties: adding Value Beyond Yield^®

An End Point Royalty (EPR) is a mechanism for capturing a small proportion of the value of harvested grain, which is paid to the breeding company who created that variety. EPRs then contribute to ongoing breeding activities.

In Australia, EPRs apply to grain crops including wheat, barley, canola and pulses.

Developing new crop varieties requires a significant level of investment over many years, and EPRs are a vital funding source for this work.

Every time you – the farmer – pay an EPR, you’re contributing to the current and future success of our sector. Your EPR payments support our continual development of world-class seed, right here in Australia.

Nuseed has nine canola varieties which are subject to an EPR of $5/tonne (ex GST) at harvest:

The EPR program helps support investment into the development of future varieties with higher yields and oil performance, greater disease resistance, and superior quality for Australian growers.

EPRs are payable on every tonne of grain produced by growers, except in the case of seed that is retained by the grower for subsequent planting.

If you are planning on sowing a Nuseed variety that is subject to an EPR, your seed supplier will ask you to register your details when you purchase the seed. By accepting or using the seed you will be taken to have accepted the terms of the Industry Standard Variety Agreement which can be accessed via Variety Central.

You will also be required to accurately declare your EPR varieties at the point of delivery.

For further information on EPRs visit Variety Central.