Lack of market transparency is a key issue in the industry which is significantly limiting farmers' ability to increase business resilience, drive industry collaboration and manage market risk.
This briefing will be used to support our discussions with the Agri-Markets Taskforce, COPA risk management working group, AHBD Volatility Forum and Defra over the coming months.
Fundamentally, it points out that mandatory price reporting is a prerequisite for the majority of risk management tools currently being discussed to tackle market volatility.