Beef price pull has marked effect in marts

Although this summer’s horrendous weather has brought great difficulties for the farming sector, the recent price pull of 25 cent at the factory gates has had a far more marked effect on the mart trade, this week.

The processing sector can effectively, and with apparent immunity, threaten the viability of the entire industry — and that has angered so many.

What farmers can and should do about it is complicated, in my opinion, because factories collect levies for certain farm organisations.