tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post4538042641175443546..comments2024-03-26T09:38:39.888+00:00Comments on Borthlas: Elin Jones visitJohn Dixonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-30875273582067379692010-02-05T09:29:02.108+00:002010-02-05T09:29:02.108+00:00Spirit,
I think you make the point for me in your...Spirit,<br /><br />I think you make the point for me in your final sentence. Whilst the big 4 supermarkets may not formally be a cartel, their buying power has that effect as far as small producers are concerned. The result is a distorted market, and that justifies intervention. There are a number of different approaches to intervention, which would include direct price fixing or setting up an independent ombudsman to set prices (and Plaid have repeatedly called for that). <br /><br />The alternative is that producers will go out of business. You might be happy to see that, but in terms of food security, it simply does not make sense to me to allow an ideological commitment to 'free markets' to drive Welsh farmers out of business and then force us to depend on imports for things which can be produced locally.John Dixonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447224248021209852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4411161795798360588.post-2711443020921895842010-02-04T18:19:00.603+00:002010-02-04T18:19:00.603+00:00You might not be suprised to know that I believe t...You might not be suprised to know that I believe the market is always right.<br />A fair price is what the market can bare ,unless your costs are too high,then you bitch like hell and ask for handouts.Government intervention via regulations always add costs to your production, so the last thing we want is more government. I have not followed Mr Howells input ,but remedy is not government.<br />As for the five large companies /supermarkets ,they are now 2 big to fail,again thanks to sympathetic governments ,who have recieved generous party donations over the years.<br />My "friends in low places " tells me that in the past the first sheep sales in Wales (that sets the price for the season) only two buyers/agents from the five companies attend.They arrive in the same car!!!!Spirit of BMEnoreply@blogger.com