Mr Moyle 'whistling in wind’

Press, 8 March 1988, Page 37

Mr Moyle 'whistling in wind’

PA Wellington The Minister of Agric 11ture, Mr Moyle, is “whistling in the wind” by promising a brave- new world of farm prosperity, Opposition members of Parliament say; ' “I wish he would face i reality and tell the Cabinet what is really happening.” said the National Party’s spokesman 'on agriculture, Mr! John Falloon. j Mr Moyle last week t<pld Federated Farmers’ Meat

arid Wool Council that it haid become fashionable in| the “yuppie circle and the smart set” to regard farming as a spent force. i"Despite all the talk of alternatives, our landbased industries present the only hope of generating the export income to pay for New Zealand’s appetite for imports and to! correct the imbalance that has created our excessive indebtedness,” he said. “Given this situation and the undoubtedly fav-

curable trends now gathering momentum internationally, the decade ahead is ours for the taking.” “There is no agricultural sector where price levels are matching costs of production,” Mr Falloon said. “If the Government does not get its head out of the sand and realise that interest and exchange rates must come down ... then agriculture’s brave new world cannpt be realised.