Supermarkets could cause family farms to vanish in 10 years: suppliers
Tom McIlroyCanberra Bureau Chief
Farmers have told a Senate committee into supermarket pricing that food security could be jeopardised if aggressive pricing by large companies forces producers off the land.
Senators investigating the pricing practices of major retailers heard evidence from growers in Orange, located in the central west of NSW, on Tuesday.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
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