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Grower expenses/returns<br />

• contract only, company dependent<br />

• expenses:<br />

WA: ~$1,400-$1,600/acre<br />

OR: higher (irrigation needed)<br />

• seed production costs increased 4x<br />

• price of competing crops<br />

• growers paid: $1.80-$2.00/lb seed<br />

• yields variable based on parent lines<br />

- earlier bolting lines ~ in DK & US<br />

- later bolting lines US < DK

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