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The growing number of middle income consumers in developing countries are attracted to Product of Australia branding as it provides confidence about quality and safety. Meat from live export animals can’t carry the same assurances.
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Sheepmeat and beef processed in Australia carry a range of credentials that importers and consumers recognise and value. In contrast live export animals are a basic commodity and are open to all sorts of assurance failures.
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New Zealand farmers agreed a decade ago not to participate in the live export market, opting to only export processed lamb and beef.
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The notion of supplying food to local processors for local consumption even through supermarkets is unrealistic for most farmers when the majority of food they produce is destined for export markets.
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Woolworths support for MSA grading provides registered farmers with a financial incentive as premiums are paid by processors for carcases grading MSA; Coles hormone growth promotant beef is a passive incentive because it creates market differentiation and potential for increased consumer demand.
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The Tolls’ Wiltipoll lambs seem capable of being finished at a range of carcase weights, these two carcases were 22 kg (left) and 29 kg (right).
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Traditional food acquisition was characterized by shorter supply chains, closer relationships between retailer and customer and a greater knowledge of the source and components of foods.
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