Australia Free Trade Deal?

[Hilly]

Lack of sun clearly left you delusional. No one I know is desperate enough to eat haggis.

It’s buuuuutifull man !!

 

[Hilly]

One of the biggest issues has been the disparity between farm gate and retail prices. I read something a while back that showed what proportion of the retail price of a lamb, steer or pig was shared amongst retailer, processor and farmer. I can’t recall the exact figures but the proportion retained by the retailer had increased astronomically over the last twenty years. The truth is that farm gate prices have been suppressed by the large retailers taking an ever bigger margin as retail prices have increased and commodity prices stagnate.

It’s noticeable by the shops they build !!

 

[EddieB]

It’s noticeable by the shops they build !!

I just looked up something. Asda charged 28 pence for an 800g loaf of Mother’s Pride white sliced bread in 1987. The same loaf today is c. £1. The price of wheat has barely changed.

 

[Hilly]

Clearly none of you do the weekly shop. Yes , we would all like prices to be higher. But how do you think the vast majority can afford to eat...(proper non processed food).
This is what has prompted Argentina to ban beef exports for 30 days....

Perhaps the retailer should not take as much and perhaps if more was spent on food houses cars phones would not be so over valued while food is drastically under valued . Fuel over 1.30 and no one bats an eye .

 

[Hilly]

I just looked up something. Asda charged 28 pence for an 800g loaf of Mother’s Pride white sliced bread in 1987. The same loaf today is c. £1. The price of wheat has barely changed.

They also have government subsidised labour.

 

[Cowmansam]

Oh. And as @Yale said.....Theres nothing stopping you buying farmland here (try that in most countries where you are a non citizen) and hedging your bets.
I know of a UK dairy farmer that owns dairy farms here to.

Well we wouldn’t be able to moan about unfair advantages then would we come on now that’s never going to catch on

 

[Hampton]

Aussie grown hormone beef is the only threat I can see there.
if we could use hormones we would be the most efficient in the world.

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

Free trade without the same rules and regulations great.
Perhaps we should start sponsoring animal welfare groups
in Aus to level thing up .

Wait till you start negotiating with countries like Vietnam and Indonesia.

 

[le bon paysan]

I get the feeling he's losing the UK market.
Shame. Bless him.

What uk market?, my cattle go to Italy.
You must be lacking in the thought department if you think the Australia deal will be good for you. Minette says they've sold you down the river with the fishing boys.
Quelle Surprise!

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

Were you listening to minnete on radio 4,

Did she mention "country of origin labelling"?

If not, why not?

I don't see any market share threat from meat imports, as long as the transparency is there to show consumers what is what.

Who would choose to buy food from farms with mouse plagues?

 

[cows sh#t me to tears]

God you lot must be running scared.

 

[le bon paysan]

God you lot must be running scared.

They're bricking it , mate.
Speaking to a friend in the uk, says "the turkeys that voted for Christmas have turned into headless chickens."

 

[Cowmansam]

Aye beef and lamb prices highest in years having a bad job of this brexit aren’t we

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

They're bricking it , mate.

It will all come down to price on the shelf.

Can AUS beef arrive in the UK and have a lower retail price than UK beef?

 

[Top Tip.]

It will all come down to price on the shelf.

Can AUS beef arrive in the UK and have a lower retail price than UK beef?

No ,not at the moment. Aussie beef supposed to be £5 kg .

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

No ,not at the moment. Aussie beef supposed to be £5 kg .

How much is ours?

(I don't buy beef)

 

[Top Tip.]

How much is ours?

(I don't buy beef)
About £4.10

 

[Pieces_of_Eight]

About £4.10

That's quite a difference.

 

[Muck Spreader]

They're bricking it , mate.
Speaking to a friend in the uk, says "the turkeys that voted for Christmas have turned into headless chickens."

Had to laugh at a NI politicians recent comment, that it was no surprise that Boris's 'Oven ready deal' turn out to be Turkey.

 

[caveman]

What uk market?, my cattle go to Italy.
You must be lacking in the thought department if you think the Australia deal will be good for you. Minette says they've sold you down the river with the fishing boys.
Quelle Surprise!

Yeah.
Untill the Irish nick your Itallian market.
And a free trade deal works both ways.
And not just for a handful of stinking cattle.