Iran: Buy meat from domestic sources at the same import price instead of importing

In an interview with ISNA, Ahmad Moghaddasi, in response to the reason for the increase in meat prices from production to consumption, said: At present, each kilogram of live cattle is sold at a price of 46 to 47 thousand tomans, and if expensive meat reaches consumers due to the presence Intermediaries and the gap between production and consumption. He continued: the price of straw from 800 Tomans per kilogram to 3500 Tomans per kilogram, alfalfa from 2500 Tomans per kilogram to 5700 Tomans and fodder corn from 900 to 1500 Tomans per kilogram and production costs have increased in general; So that the cost price of production for farmers with government input is 52 thousand tomans and without government input is 57 thousand tomans, but farmers sell their livestock at a loss and less than the mentioned prices. The head of the Farmers' Union, in response to the question that direct supply centers were to be established to reduce intermediaries in the supply of beef, but why is ...