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NEWS UPDATED 31 OCTOBER 2008 INDEX MAY 08 JUN 08 JUL 08 AUG 08 SEP 08 OCT 08 LATEST Swift driving down beef cattle prices 12 Sep 2008 Australia''s largest meat processor, Swift Australia, which is owned by the Brazilian-based JBS Fribois is forcing down domestic cattle prices says Nick Burton Taylor, the former chairman of the Australian Agricultural Company. Swift took over the Tasman Group''s abattoirs and feedlots in May and bought Australian Meat Holdings last year. Burton Taylor says Swift are using a weight and carcass performance grid pricing structure and is pushing to source more cattle direct off-farm. The Weekly Times, 12/09/2008 Previous News Items: 11 Sep 2008 | Cotton farm buyback to benefit rivers 10 Sep 2008 | Ham buyers pay for water 10 Sep 2008 | CSIRO says we can save the rivers 10 Sep 2008 | Government vegie grants misdirected 9 Sep 2008 | Painless mulesing almost here

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