AGRICULTURE: Getting rural policy on track*

Australian farmers on average receive the lowest farm-gate prices for their products in the developed world.Australian consumers on average benefit from farmers supplying the lowest-priced food to food-processors and retailers in the developed world.Australian farmers supply food and fibre to the biggest sector of Australian manufacturing industry.Australian farmers make up just 4 per cent of the population, but with three-to-five jobs beyond the farm gate, about 16 per cent of the population de…

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