Potato Board Makes Plans For Marketing New Season’s Crop

Wanganui Chronicle, 7 October 1950, Page 5

Potato Board Makes Plans For Marketing New Season’s Crop

WELLINGTON, Last Night (PA).— The newly-established potato board neld its inaugural meeting this week. Mr. T. L. Hayman, M.P., who was elected chairman, said th? aim of the board was to maintain the security to potato growers which had been experienced over the last few years and, at the same time, to ensure the continuity of supply to consumers. “The board intends to carry on to the present contract growing and marketing procedure, and to this end has appointed as its agents in the signing of contracts the members of New Zealand Grain, Seed and Produce Merchants’ Federal in. The application of potato merchants, who are not mem bers of that federation, for recognition as contracting agents will receive individual consideration by lhe hoard.” The contracts themselves would be in similar terms to those of the Market | ing Department in previous seasons, said Mr. Hayman. As the funds of the' hoard were not unlimited, however, the overall financial liability for surplus potatoes must be at the discretion of the board, and in any case could not exceed the funds available to th* boa’d. “Potato growing areas from which contracts will be accepted and the acreage to be contracted in each div I riel will be the same as were adopted by the Marketing Department in arranging the 1949-50 season s contracts.” said Mr. Hyman. He added that growers could proceed with plantings Has season with the assurance that no interference with the procedure tria;. had operated in recent years is intended.