However, the organisation has been criticised for its "focus on the large-scale producer".
Over a year's time, that margin can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars for such large-scale producers.
In the cattle business, large-scale producers - those with more $500,000 in sales - already accounted for about half of the country's production.
For these reasons, shortcuts to aging can be attractive to large-scale producers.
In recent times Ginsters bakery has become a large-scale producer of meat pies.
Increasing production costs and competition from large-scale producers have reduced the number of people involved in the production.
Even some large-scale producers are seeing declines in production.
Both small- and large-scale producers participated in the industry.
There is no absolutely obvious need for family farms to receive aid, to the detriment of large-scale producers.
Putting quality ahead of quantity, Stewart was never a large-scale producer.