DO WE NEED A PRI CE ACCELERATOR? - DAPP is slow. And spot is volatile. So do we need a third price mechanism to help processors and producers arrive at equitable contracts?

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Do DAPP and the Traffic Lights spot price give producers and processors enough information to price pigs satisfactorily from week to week? What about a new weekly average price that shows what has been paid for the 30 percent of pigs (including spot pigs) that are not on a DAPP-related contract? It's blue sky thinking at present. BPEX boss Mick Sloy-an needs to sound out processors, producers and the BPEX board before it goes any further.