BRITISH EMBARGO ON N.Z. SEEDS
GOVERNMENT SEEKING RELAXATION “ The Press Special Service WELLINGTON, June 7. “The Government is pressing for a relaxation of the British embargo on New Zealand grass seed,” said Mr R. B. Tennent, Acting-Director-General of Agriculture, interviewed last evening. Mr Tennent explained that the embargo was only a temporary measure. Britain had had a bad sowing season and large stocks of grass seed were held over. He did not think the embargoes on other* small seeds had been responsible for forcing down prices. Prices had been abnormally high, and were bound to drop. It is not expected that the embargo will disturb the economy of the country, though individual growers may be affected. Cnly 20 per cent, of New Zealand’s production of perennial ryegrass has been exported, and half of that has gone to England. The market loss is thus only about 10 per cent.
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Press, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 25206, 10 June 1947, Page 8
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