Audits have commenced. have you accurately declared?

verify your 2020 - 2022 Harvest declarations.

VERIFY PREVIOUS DECLARATIONS

Verifying previous declarations is different to declaring your current harvest. Please fill in the form below to check previous declarations. You will receive a link that will allow you to either amend of confirm your records are accurate for 2020-2022 harvests.

If you would like some help or have any questions, please call out team and we’ll step you through the process.

DECLARE NOW - 2023/24

Harvest declarations for 2023-2024 are now due. This is not the same as verifying previous declarations. To complete the current year visit NGR and follow the steps on their website.

AUDITS

Audits will continue annually.; the livelihood of wheat breeding research and variety development depends on everyone doing their part to ensure royalties are paid.

Unsure what all this really means for you?

Frequently asked questions

  • You have an obligation, and we need it to reconcile payments.

    • Reconciling Payments
      As a royalty collector, we do not have information on all grain sales made by growers. We don’t know if all sales have been through a grain trader that auto deducts. The Harvest Declaration is required to reconcile payments and ensure royalty is paid on all eligible tonnes harvested.

    • Grower Obligation
      Most current varieties associated with open pollinated crops (such as wheat & barley) are protected by plant breeders rights (PBR). i.e. the breeders have been granted PBR prior to releasing the variety. Most plant breeders or licensed royalty collectors utilise an industry standard variety license which outlines the terms on which growers are permitted to use their varieties. One of these terms is providing information relating to harvested crop. National Grower Register (NGR) has been commissioned to do this on behalf of most plant breeders to minimise the forms that are needed to be completed. At the end of the harvest declaration period run by NGR, the royalty collectors pursue non returned declarations.

  • 1: Compliance has slipped significantly in the Eastern States. For the 2021 harvest, compliance has fallen to 46% in Qld and 74% in NSW. Without full compliance, LRPB will not be able to operate in these regions, and will be under pressure to focus resources in other states.

    2: Audits are common place in other Ag industries to ensure compliance such as the fruit industry and cotton. It is now clear that there needs to be checks in place to ensure this value capture model is protected in broadacre cropping.

  • LRPB will be sending out a form for growers to check and update information going back to the 2020 crop season. We realise it can be difficult to reconcile payments and are keen to help where we can. Please contact info@longreachpb.com.au for more information.

  • Yes, EPR is payable on all production other than that retained for seed.

  • We understand this is difficult, but it is your responsibility to keep accurate records of any PBR’d variety. We are keen to work with you to provide solutions to make this easier but ultimately, this is your responsibility. If a local grain trader failed to pay you for your deliveries because they felt it was too hard to keep track of everything that came in, you would be understandably upset. So are we!

  • Not all grain buyers auto deduct. If you sold to Graincorp from the Graincorp warehouse, they will have deducted the EPR. If you sold ex the Graincorp warehouse to another trader, your EPR may not have been deducted. In this case, you may still owe EPR.