asked the Minister for Agriculture what provisions are being made to ensure a supply of seed wheat being available for the next wheat sowing.
Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Wheat Seed Supplies.
Permits under the Cereals Order, 1948, have been issued to 203 seed wheat assemblers for the assembly of 450,000 barrels of seed wheat. Arrangements are also being made whereby flour millers will build up reserves of wheat of high germination against any shortage of seed towards the end of the season.
In addition, it is expected that imports of seed wheat will amount to between 60,000 and 80,000 barrels. Farmers intending to grow wheat in 1949 are advised to book their seed requirements as soon as possible.
asked the Minister for Agriculture if he will state the total quantity of wheat assembled for seed purposes from home-grown stocks in each of the cereal years 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947 and 1948.
The quantities of seed wheat assembled from home-grown stocks in the years indicated were as follows:—
|
CEREAL YEAR |
ASSEMBLY |
|
(1st Sept.—31st August) |
Barrels |
|
1942-43 |
361,495 |
|
1943-44 |
285,729 |
|
1944-45 |
480,241 |
|
1945-46 |
493,600 |
|
1946-47 |
475,248 |
|
1947-48 |
468,723 |