Coles strikes to secure lamb supplies with forward contracts of $10/kg

Vernon Graham
Updated July 12 2019 - 2:54pm, first published July 9 2019 - 11:30am
LAMB SCRAMBLE: Red hot demand and limited supply is pushing lamb prices into unchartered waters.
LAMB SCRAMBLE: Red hot demand and limited supply is pushing lamb prices into unchartered waters.

Supermarket giant, Coles, has taken the radical step of offering new-season lamb forward contracts for August of $10/kg dressed in a bid to secure supplies.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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