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How the box market plays a role selling eggs in Australia
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WE have all been to the shops, opened the fridge and reached for a carton of eggs.
dict the outcome of how prices may rise or fall in the box market.
The operators of the box market
plies by supplementing shortages from the box market.
For general consumers, eggs come packaged as a dozen with the label iden- tifying the farming meth- od in which they were produced – caged, barn laid or free range.
Stakeholders connected to the box market sector include egg farmers, larg- er wholesale egg compa- nies, those grading eggs, distributors, food services and retailers.
This means they can be certain to supply the exact number of eggs required regularly to meet their contracts.
Several cartons even advise if the eggs are or- ganic omega-enriched and outline details relat- ing to animal welfare or the stocking density.
For several egg farmers, the box market makes up their entire egg sales.
Interestingly, NSW is the largest player in the box market and most eggs in the box market come from caged farms.
by MELINDA HASHIMOTO CEO
Whatever the individual marketing strategy chosen by each egg company, a single carton is the main way to sell eggs to Aus- tralian consumers.
Because professionally farmed eggs in Australia are of the same high qual- ity and nutritional value – these customers are often not so fussy about wheth- er the bulk purchases con- tain caged, free range or barn laid product.
Buying and selling eggs in bulk sounds like a sim- ple process.
Many family farms are successful because they establish strong business relationships and a repu- tation for reliable and sus- tainable supplies of bulk eggs.
Unfortunately, for farm- ers who rely solely on the box market, their revenue can be impacted by egg sales elsewhere.
However, behind the scenes there is another marketing method used by egg farmers – it is known as the ‘box market’.
But the box market is complex and often, par- ticularly for egg farmers new to the process, it is not easily understood.
Box egg farmers may also be approached by other egg farmers who have contracts to supply supermarkets.
If eggs destined for the supermarket are not need- ed, they often find their way onto the box market to be sold as bulk eggs.
The box market is where eggs are sold in bulk for industries such as baker- ies, restaurants and food factories that use hun-
The eggs will be used in bulk food preparations and as such are sold in large boxes containing dozens of cartons – or the eggs are simply shrink- wrapped and transported on pallets.
Because they are sold as an ingredient to make other goods such as cakes, mayonnaise or pharma- ceuticals, the sale of box eggs relies on the forward sale of these products. Therefore, it can be dif- ficult occasionally to pre-
Because mother nature doesn’t always comply with laying a certain number of eggs each day, these contractors seek to top up their own egg sup-
This can result in an oversupply of product in the box market and a sud- den fall in overall eggs prices.
dreds if not thousands of eggs each week.
Why the box market is complex
The box market is vul- nerable to over-supply
Eggs being perishable goods and unable to be kept for long periods means that farmers must juggle the ups and downs of the market during over- supply and undersupply. The upside of the box market
However, selling through the box market allows an egg producer to have more flexibility over their product.
The box market plays a large role in the Australian market, with eggs sold in bulk to industries such as bakeries, restaurants and food factories that use hundreds if not thousands of eggs each week.
Of course, many farm- ers sell to both retailers and the box market to ensure they don’t have all their eggs in the one bas- ket!
The farmer can deter- mine the price and timing of when they sell their eggs, rather than be- ing locked into a long- term supermarket supply agreement.
These types of agree- ments can lead to fewer opportunities to seek a higher seasonal price for their product.
Eating chicken brains the secret to long life
Australia’s oldest-ever man, Dexter Kruger said eating chicken brains is one of his secrets to living more than 111 years.
AUSTRALIA’s oldest man has said eating chicken brains is one of his secrets to living a long life.
“They are delicious lit- tle things.
Dexter Kruger at- tributes eating chicken brains to living more than 111 years.
However, Mr Kruger’s 74-year-old son Greg credits his father’s sim- ple lifestyle to his long life.
Retired cattle farmer Mr Kruger recently marked 124 days since he turned 111, a day old- er than our previous re- cord holder, World War I veteran Jack Lockett, was when he died in 2002.
Nursing home manag- er Melanie Calvert said Mr Kruger, who is writ- ing his autobiography, was “probably one of the sharpest residents here.”
In an interview at his nursing home in Roma Queensland, days before the milestone, Mr Kru- ger said that contribut- ing to his longevity was a weekly dose of chick- en brains.
A founder of the Aus- tralian Book of Records John Taylor confirmed Dexter Kruger had be- come the oldest-ever Australian man.
“Chicken brains,” Mr Kruger said.
The oldest-ever veri- fied Australian was Christina Cook, who died in 2002 aged 114 years and 148 days.
“There’s only one bite.”
“His memory is amaz- ing for a 111-year-old,” Ms Calvert said.
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