Shopping for a solution to the battle between supermarkets and supplying farmers

Agribusiness Correspondent Ray Ryan looks at the effects supermarkets have on both farmers and processors.

THE growing power of the major supermarket groups is having a profound impact on both sides of the country’s agri food industry.

Farmers, already facing rising input costs, complain the margins they make on supplies are being eroded because the retail groups are using their dominant position in the market to drive down prices.