Imports of wheat *25 p.c.”
(N.Z. Press Association) WELLINGTON. New Zealand would have to import about a quarter of its wheat requirements, even though the acreage sown looked like being 50 per cent up on last year, said the chairman of United Wheatgrowers (N.Z.) Ltd (Mr J. H. Mitchell) in Wellington. The latest survey of sowing, on September 15, indicated an estimated increase of about 50 per cent over the 1974-75 season, but New Zealand would still need to import 75,000 tonnes.Conducted by the United Wheatgrowers’ Electoral Committee, the survey had covered 253 growers and 9193 hectares, of which 1988 hectares were still to be sown at the survey date, he said. The survey had assumed that adverse weather would not affect the intention of growers to plant. The survey had found that the Aotea variety had declined from about 50 per cent of the area planted in 197475 to about 20 per cent this year, while Kopara had risen from 20 per cent to 39 per cent, and Karamu from 10 per cent to 27 per cent;
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Press, Volume CXV, Issue 33965, 4 October 1975, Page 7
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