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Focus area
Monopolistic pressure in agricultural supply chains Standard
First analysis period
Model-generated
A detailed submission from a pig farmer outlines how unregulated wholesale meat prices and high feed costs enable a few large operators to monopolize the market, squeezing out small agricultural businesses during a period when seasonal migrant work is restricted.
Affected groups
Small-scale farmers and rural livestock producers
Geography
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Actions for this focus area
- Open a market study into the wholesale meat and animal feed sectors to identify potential anti-competitive agreements · Within 90 days