Queue for fertiliser
Farmers in trucks formed 1 a 300 m queue at the Raven- ( sdown Fertiliser Company’s . Seadown works in a bid to ‘ beat a 24 per cent increase, i about $l4 a tonne, in the ] price of superphosphate. , The buying by Mid- 1 Canterbury, South Canter- '
bury, and North Otago farmers resulted in record sales, according to the works’ sales manager, Mr Sutherland. The first farmers had begun to queue at midnight on Sunday, he said.
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Press, 2 April 1980, Page 6
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