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Therefore eliminating one grower holding a monopoly.
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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.
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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.