Yep! I know that! And it sucks for small farmers, to no end, having to buy seed each year!It had nothing to do with the pandemic, of course, but Monsanto has been trying to stop you from re-seeding from plants (thus forcing you to buy new seeds) for decades.
Farmers cannot replicate Monsanto seeds for second crop, Supreme Court rules
The Supreme Court ruled against an Indiana farmer who sought to cut the planting cost of his soybean crop by relying on subsequent generations of a patented Monsanto herbicide-resistant seed.www.csmonitor.com