Overview
- The administration published Resolución Conjunta 3/2026 in the Boletín Oficial to require sampling for varietal identity at the first point of grain delivery, a step announced by officials on Monday.
- The protocol limits analysis to INASE‑approved methods performed by accredited arbitration chambers or private labs, requires backup samples to be kept for 60 days and mandates SISA registration for primary delivery points.
- Officials including Manuel Adorni and Federico Sturzenegger framed the measure as a tool to protect intellectual property and projected up to US$4 billion in extra annual exports if new varieties are adopted at scale.
- Implementation depends on INASE accrediting labs, private‑public agreements and logistics at acopios and cooperatives, and producers warn of added costs, operational burdens and unclear protections for farmers who save seed for uso propio.
- The move builds on earlier efforts such as Resolución 207/2016 and systems like Bolsatech, but it applies only to cultivars registered from the publication date and will likely show broad effects only after several years of registrations and adoption.