Causes of crop failure
PA Whakatane A defective weedkiller is believed to be partly responsible for destroying up to 80 per cent of this season’s pea crop on the Rangitaiki plains in the eastern Bay of Plenty. Mr Ivan Managh, sales manager for the firm which distributes the chemical, said the damage causing the abandonment of 80 per cent of the crops was caused largely by heavy rains in February, but there had been some degree of chemical damage. Company representatives visited the plains several weeks ago and are preparing a report on the damage.
Mr Managh said representatives from his company and the Auckland firm which makes the chemical would return to the plains to discuss the damage with farmers. Some degree of compensation caused by the defective chemical might be arranged, he said. The damage from the chemical application was not as serious as first reported. Mr Managh said. Much of the damage had resulted from heavy rains and resultant weed growth during the peak cropping season in February.
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Press, 23 April 1979, Page 12
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