{"id":2819,"date":"2015-09-28T02:33:22","date_gmt":"2015-09-28T07:33:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/?p=2819"},"modified":"2026-04-17T15:29:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T20:29:14","slug":"seed-law-fact-sheet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/2015\/09\/28\/seed-law-fact-sheet\/","title":{"rendered":"Seed Law Fact Sheet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I published a fact sheet related to seed saving laws. \u00a0There are a number of legal protections that may be afforded to different seeds. \u00a0It is critical that farmers understand these laws and investigate which of them might apply to any seeds that they plant. \u00a0To view the fact sheet, <a href=\"https:\/\/agrilifelearn.tamu.edu\/v\/vspfiles\/downloadables\/EAG-017.pdf\">click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-producers2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2798\" src=\"http:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-producers2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"corn producers2\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-producers2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/agrilife.org\/texasaglaw\/files\/2015\/04\/corn-producers2.jpg 952w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this year, I published a fact sheet related to seed saving laws. \u00a0There are a number of legal protections that may be afforded to different seeds. \u00a0It is critical that farmers understand these laws and investigate which of them might apply to any seeds that they plant. \u00a0To view the fact sheet, click here.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2443,"featured_media":2798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-extension-publications"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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