Farmers Not to Blame for Food Price Hikes

Farm product prices have nothing to do with retail food prices paid at the supermarket. According to Agricultural Analyst John Urbanchuk, the farm share of retail food prices is small and steadily declining. The farm price component makes up eight percent or less of the retail price of many foods leaving consumers to pay for labor, packaging, transportation, energy and all other production and marketing of the products. (USDA Daily Radio News).

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