Farmer calls for price controls

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Small stock farmers might be pushed out of business if the government does not intervene and gazette producer prices, one Selebi-Phikwe farmer has warned.

Molefi Pilane, who runs a piggery west of Selebi-Phikwe, argues that small stock farmers are getting a raw deal from buyers who pay them ludicrously low prices.

He blames the government for focusing on the cattle industry at the expense of small stock farmers. Pilane said he is forced to sell his pork at P13 per kilogramme while retailers sell at around P40 per kilogramme.

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