POTATO PRICES
STATEMENT BY MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE (P.A.) Wellington, Jan. 4. The Minister of Agriculture and Marketing, the Hon. J. G. Barclay, commenting to-day on the position of the potato market, said that the Internal Marketing Division is in no way connected with potato marketing. The Government were determined to avoid if possible a recurrence of last season’s shortage, and after consulting growers’ representatives fixed a range of prices for the current season which would ensure adequate supplies. Without a guarantee of the stability in prices it was obvious that no assurance could be obtained that sufficient potatoes would be grown to meet the needs of the civilians and the armed forces.
The Government’s action in guaranteeing the growers a reasonably good price for their crops, and at the same time ensuring that the retail price was also at a reasonable level, resulted in an increased planting of over 6000 acres and the avoidance of a recurrence of last season’s serious position.
At present there was a temporary over-supply on some local markets. This was the result of a certain amount of unrestricted digging and should not be construed to mean that there was a likelihood of an embarrassing surplus.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 87, Issue 3, 5 January 1943, Page 3
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