Farmers call for ACCC inquiry into overseas grain price inequity

 The peak farm lobby group for grain growers is calling for an inquiry into grain prices to explain why Australian farmers are getting up to $400 per tonne less for their product than farmers overseas. 

GrainGrowers chairman Brett Hosking, said 15 years after a major shake-up of grain marketing in this country and the removal of the single desk for selling wheat it is time for a review. 

"A lot of our ports are operated by just a handful of larger operators," he said.

"The growers feel like they've lost the connection between the grain they're growing and the market it's going to."

Read More: https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2022-05-11/farmers-want-accc-inquiry-into-grain-market-price-inequity/101051808



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