If you’ve gone into one of the big supermarkets recently looking for a porterhouse steak or some lamb chops, you might have left with a pack of snags or some mince. Yes, meat prices are just another way families are feeling the cost of living crunch.

But farmers don’t think it has to be that way. In fact, they’ve been getting 40 percent less for meat than they were in March, so why are prices still so high at the checkout?

If you’ve gone into one of the big supermarkets recently looking for a porterhouse steak or some lamb chops, you might have left with a pack of snags or some mince. Yes, meat prices are just another way families are feeling the cost of living crunch.
But farmers don’t think it has to be that way. In fact, they’ve been getting 40 percent less for meat than they were in March, so why are prices still so high at the checkout?

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If you enjoyed listening to The West Live for your daily news fix, then come and join us over on The Nightly Five.  Host Ben O’Shea continues to deliver punchy news and analysis, in a new podcast to get you in front of tomorrow’s news today!  Subscribe on your favourite podcast player and visit the <a href="https://thenightly.com.au">thenightly.com.au</a>

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