§ Mr. Michael MorrisTo ask the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food what safeguards there are to ensure that targeted potato acreage is actually planted.
§ Mr. CurryThe Potato Marketing Board is required, under the terms of its financial agreement with Government, to ensure that plantings by registered producers are as close as possible to the target area. It set quota area as a percentage of producers' basic area accordingly, and producers who underplant are penalised in subsequent years because their basic area is reduced.