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Price Determination in the Australian Food Industry A Report

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THE IMPACT OF DROUGHT<br />

The sector<br />

Direct impact<br />

Background factors<br />

Effect on prices<br />

Dairy<br />

Less feed available for milk<br />

production.<br />

Lower supplies at sharply<br />

higher prices of feed gra<strong>in</strong><br />

available to milk producers<br />

on a spot basis.<br />

Weakened <strong>in</strong>ternational<br />

market due to oversupply<br />

from <strong>the</strong> European Union and<br />

a slow<strong>in</strong>g of demand <strong>in</strong> major<br />

markets.<br />

Global shortage of feed<br />

gra<strong>in</strong>s due to poor climatic<br />

conditions <strong>in</strong> key produc<strong>in</strong>g<br />

countries.<br />

No direct impact on dairy<br />

product prices <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

domestic market because<br />

milk supplies ma<strong>in</strong>ta<strong>in</strong>ed to<br />

meet fresh milk market<br />

needs.<br />

Production flows <strong>in</strong> major<br />

parts of <strong>the</strong> <strong>in</strong>dustry fell but<br />

by an <strong>in</strong>sufficient volume to<br />

put pressure on national<br />

daily milk supplies.<br />

Beef<br />

Producers opted for earlier<br />

turnoff ra<strong>the</strong>r than feed<br />

cattle through to full fattened<br />

maturity, so creat<strong>in</strong>g a<br />

temporary oversupply of beef<br />

on <strong>the</strong> market.<br />

Export beef market<br />

experienced sharp decl<strong>in</strong>e<br />

due to <strong>the</strong> fall <strong>in</strong> consumer<br />

demand <strong>in</strong> Japan with a<br />

bov<strong>in</strong>e spongiform<br />

encephalitis outbreak which<br />

depressed world prices.<br />

Lower beef prices at<br />

wholesale – little impact on<br />

retail prices.<br />

<strong>Price</strong> <strong>Determ<strong>in</strong>ation</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> <strong>Food</strong> <strong>Industry</strong> A <strong>Report</strong><br />

Lamb<br />

Pork<br />

Cut <strong>in</strong> sheep numbers and<br />

<strong>the</strong>refore lamb supply.<br />

Reduced volume has placed<br />

great pressure on <strong>the</strong> meat<br />

processors who face lower<br />

throughputs and tight<br />

product marg<strong>in</strong>s.<br />

Less feed available for pork<br />

production.<br />

Lower supplies of feed gra<strong>in</strong><br />

at sharply higher prices<br />

available to domestic<br />

customers on a spot basis.<br />

Pork production fell due to<br />

poor producer prices.<br />

Cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g strong<br />

<strong>in</strong>ternational demand for<br />

lamb.<br />

Increas<strong>in</strong>g imports of pork<br />

<strong>in</strong>to <strong>the</strong> commodity sector of<br />

<strong>the</strong> domestic manufactured<br />

meat market. Imports more<br />

competitive with <strong>the</strong> ris<strong>in</strong>g<br />

value of <strong>the</strong> <strong>Australian</strong> dollar.<br />

Increased product prices<br />

through <strong>the</strong> cha<strong>in</strong>. Lower<br />

<strong>in</strong>creases passed through<br />

<strong>in</strong>to retail product due to<br />

price competition from o<strong>the</strong>r<br />

meats.<br />

No impact on retail prices<br />

due to reta<strong>in</strong>ed supply l<strong>in</strong>es<br />

of fresh product.<br />

Reduced wholesale and OTH<br />

prices for carcass and major<br />

portions.<br />

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