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How the supermarkets came to own UK agriculture
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<blockquote data-quote="DrWazzock" data-source="post: 7383172" data-attributes="member: 2119"><p>How many grain merchants are left? Maybe just two big players here. If they wanted, they could insist everything is grown on contract with a bespoke input package that you purchase from them as part of the deal. Not quite there yet, but edging closer. Same with beet. Only one buyer. Vertical integration indeed. What does that leave us with? A lot of capital tied up in production assets and often less than min wage. Certainly the commercial environment in which we operate has changed beyond all recognition.</p><p>I can only see direct sales helping maybe smaller niche producers who can set up shop near a busy main road.</p><p>Or maybe we need to set up a nationwide network of farmer owned retail outlets?</p><p>I have always said if we had a Union or cooperative that had a bit more gusto rather than just a willingness to please the supermarkets then we might be in a better place.</p><p>Other than that it might well the case that environmental schemes for the government actually offer us more independence and lower risk than commercial commodity production. Ironic that working for the state offers us more freedom and security than the private sector.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrWazzock, post: 7383172, member: 2119"] How many grain merchants are left? Maybe just two big players here. If they wanted, they could insist everything is grown on contract with a bespoke input package that you purchase from them as part of the deal. Not quite there yet, but edging closer. Same with beet. Only one buyer. Vertical integration indeed. What does that leave us with? A lot of capital tied up in production assets and often less than min wage. Certainly the commercial environment in which we operate has changed beyond all recognition. I can only see direct sales helping maybe smaller niche producers who can set up shop near a busy main road. Or maybe we need to set up a nationwide network of farmer owned retail outlets? I have always said if we had a Union or cooperative that had a bit more gusto rather than just a willingness to please the supermarkets then we might be in a better place. Other than that it might well the case that environmental schemes for the government actually offer us more independence and lower risk than commercial commodity production. Ironic that working for the state offers us more freedom and security than the private sector. [/QUOTE]
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