Phosphate Prices Rise
p. 32 · Read in the full issue
THERE has been a loud outcry from agricultural interests in Australia and New Zealand against the in crease in the cost of superphosphate, which ranges from 13/- to 20/- per ton.
The higher cost is due to increases in freight on phosphate rock from the various Pacific Islands, where phosphate rock is obtained, and which averages about 21 9 per ton. Farmers declare that it is in the national interest that the in creased cost should be borne by the phos phate companies, the shipping companies and other people affected rather than by the already overburdened producing community.