If this guy is right
Might not fix the whole problem but it could make a hell of a difference.
From time to time you get a document passed on to you for consideration and I have to agree with Jacqueline Curley she had asked if I had read Rob Moore's latest email. Worth circulation on your blog.If this guy is right - this might not fix the whole problem but it could make a hell of a difference.
Rob Moore I have been involved in this pastoral business for the last 40 years since leaving school and have grafted a successful family business- that is until the events of the last three years which have been the hardest to endure so far. For several years I was a director at the Aust Beef Assoc and a member of Agforce Qld in its inception year.
Cattle and sheep production and the associated "Industry "structures and their levy machinations have all been thoroughly researched by myself along with the "Acts " underpinning the grassfed levy system.
To remain viable and successful -I have sold into every livestock scenario accept Live export and this has given me great insight into this particular section of this white paper process. It is both commendable and long overdue for a Government to have initiated this review. With a very clear vision and solutions too many overlapping problems and issues looming in the New Year I will list a timeline of significant events. The purpose is to show the actions and experiences that I have witnessed which in turn become the basis for my plan-
PROBLEM Australian Primary Producers- being "price takers" suffer from a chronic lack of Market intelligence which is vital to make informed commercial decisions. Think Fuelling up your car if there were no fuel prices displayed outside any service stations! The supply "Chains" and "Alliances" are NOT transparent and it follows that when products and produce "On Consignment" and "Private treaty" consist of the majority of commerce -in a particular industry THEN the true market is not known or subject to competitive forces such as supply and demand dictates. A flat lining and sharing of supply becomes the norm. SOLUTION A simple Trade Practise Bill must be legislated by parliament - specific to Primary Production aimed at the "Farmgate" to secondary Industry phase ONLY The PRIMARY PRODUCTION PRICING Bill (PPP) has been submitted to the Aust Dept of Agriculture (AUDA) on November 13th 2013. It is based on an American Meat Act bought in to ensure "Equal Access" for all primary producers to supply product for a "Transparent" set of pricing specifications. All forward offers from secondary Processors would be mandatorily listed on the AUDA- Single Desk Listing Site (a window for each commodity).
There would be NO further Government intervention- other than providing the Facility and the format for all offers to come through. Total freedom and choice will be maintained by buyers and sellers in a secure ( logged in) environment think ebay without any costs, Aust Stock exchange ASX, securing air tickets on the internet...no big deal these days! APPEAL To Industry Leading Representative Bodies, Processing Companies and Politicians who will be required to shoulder this unprecedented BUT simple and fair Bill, consider this- #Combined Agribusiness Debt is $70 Billion and rising rapidly. # our production @ secondary stage is bringing record or near record returns globally think red meat, grains, dairy products. #Profitability in most Primary Industries @ farmgate is near terminal- with 1980 prices on offer and 2014 record costs to contend with!! # there is a guaranteed collapse ahead -WITHOUT this PPP measure- which if this happens will in turn impact on the downstream supply chain as well. # Foreign control/Ownership of almost all of our processing will be tolerable if there is genuine COMPETITION introduced via the PPP bill. END RESULT All farmgate commerce will be tracked and recorded as in grouped up market reporting historical auctions OR in the form of the AUDA "Offer Board" which will show all forward supply contracts- describing-Quantity , Delivery Point ,Specifications and Pricing grids. ie The Price on offer will discover the products/produce - not the prod.
Blindly discovering what is a secretive uncompetitive price so to tie this backdrop and idea together-I shall put the rules of the new game in practical form
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