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Now lets put things into prospective.
Many farmers are 2nd and 3rd generation, paid nothing for their farms, amassed millions in debts yet are the only ones who get assistance in hard times. They get hand outs when it rains too much too little or not at all and many make a killing in good times yet the businesses that rely on farmers to survive, my butcher shop included, fruit & veg another get no assistance what so ever in harsh times.
You see consumers have a budget and allocate $x towards meat and produce and if these become un-affordable they seek an alternative like tinned and frozen food or imported seafood. Yet for me to stay competitive I have to cut margins and staff just to survive working 14hr days for weeks on end at times all because the farmers have emptied the hand out jar.
Another burning issue is local meat prices. You see the reason we as consumers pay so much at times for our prime beef or world-class lamb is because our poor farmers are constantly seeking better prices from the overseas market. You see as a nation our farmers over produce to the max and rely on exports for their survival
(70% of our meat goes overseas) yet the farmers who pick and choose when and where to sell their spoils are the ones who also get assistance in bad times while we, the locals who are trying to provide for our own consumers and families get zip!
So the next time you think POOR FARMERS spare a thought for the people who don’t get assistance, don’t chase the export dollar yet rely on this protected group for their very existence and if we go broke I can assure you there is no buy out offer for us we just loose our family home.