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"The report that we have just adopted is vitally important, since it seeks to identify the best way to guarantee that large retailers do not abuse their dominant position and that farmers’ income truly reflects the prices paid for food by end consumers.
EU agriculture is currently highly dependent on input imports (mainly fossil fuels, animal feed and scarce soil-improving minerals such as phosphate) and is vulnerable to price hikes. This has therefore raised major concerns about EU farmers’ competitiveness.
Here, we want to emphasise that the high volatility in agricultural commodity and farm input prices has increased insecurity among farmers with regard to their income and long-term investments. The Member States and the Commission must therefore improve the transparency of farm input prices and guarantee that competition rules are enforced. Greater availability of data on input costs would help farmers."@en1
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