What should have been presented is decade long trends about: farm and processor bank debt; return on
equity; full and part - time employment trends; farm and processor business numbers; domestic versus overseas value adding to commodities; volume and value of imported ingredients and
products; international versus Australian processing costs
comparisons for major foods like meats, flour, oils, milk
products; and the farm gate price share of the consumer dollar for fresh foods like fruit and vegetables, milk, meats, bread, juice, eggs.