Totally disagree with everything you have said. A low input system is not necessarily always more profitable than a high input system. How can a beef/ sheep farmerset his own output price?When is it not who has the lowest overheads who wins? Less going out is better, no matter what you get paid.
Every farmer in the country has the ability to set their own output price, especially now that the internet is accessible. Whether everyone sees the benefit in doing so is an entirely different matter. Farmers do not have to sell stock to one particular place, just because it is convenient to do so.