DUMPING OF POTATOES
Warning To Farmers
Although the potato moth was mainly active in the period just before harvest farmers dumping surplus potatoes in the next few weeks would be well advised, in their own interests, to ensure they were well covered, Mr I. A. Baxter, president of the North Canterbury Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Association, said last evening. About 26,000 tons of potatoes have been claimed for as surplus under the Potato Board’s guaranteed price scheme and these are being assessed for quality now. Although experiments have been carried out with potatoes in silage with grass and lucerne and by drying in dehydrators there is no means of utilising these surplus stocks. Earlier this week at a meeting of potato growers concern was expressed that surplus potatoes dumped in shingle pits or river beds might prove a breeding ground for pests, particularly Hie potato moth, and leave a legacy of trouble for the new season’s crops.
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Press, Volume C, Issue 29674, 18 November 1961, Page 13
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