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Old 15-02-2024, 07:58 PM   #1
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Therefore eliminating one grower holding a monopoly.
No; quota was virtually traded by a variety of backdoor methods and held or controlled in fewer hands than you perceived.

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In my time working in small production quota's were a god send. We had a target to aim for, ability to forecast crop needs and an end price.
Thus encouraging producer and market inefficiencies.

I had relatives with potato farm in Northcliffe, Pemberton and Manjimup so I understand that perspective to. But the PMC was a post war artefact that discouraged efficiencies and encouraged inefficiencies all the way from the paddock to the shelf and also reduced consumer product options.
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Old 15-02-2024, 08:13 PM   #2
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I had relatives with potato farm in Northcliffe, Pemberton and Manjimup so I understand that perspective to. But the PMC was a post war artefact that discouraged efficiencies and encouraged inefficiencies all the way from the paddock to the shelf and also reduced consumer product options.
Interested in what you mean by that?
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