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Opinion: retail meat prices are a distraction from the real issues

AMIC general manager of industry affairs Tim Ryan. Photo: AMIC

Tim Ryan leads the industry affairs team for the Australian Meat Industry Council, which represents processors, butchers and small goods suppliers. In this contributed article he argues that putting downward pressure on retail meat prices could have unintended consequences.

 

 

 

RECENT commentary has maintained an unproductive focus on domestic retail meat prices. Not only is the emphasis on who gets what share of the retail dollar based on flawed principles, it distracts from understanding the real drivers of returns…

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