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- From: Brigette Leach <avalonfarmshomegrown AT earthlink.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Farm income
- Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 15:44:14 -0400
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Bill, Don't forget the weakening of the US dollar and the responding impact on prices. Brigette Leach Avalon Farms Homegrown Share of the Farm www.avalonfarmshomegrown.net Climax MI Bill Shoemaker wrote: Those numbers are generally reflective of farms throughout the cash grain belt. The price for grain has gone through the roof due to, among other things, demand for grain for biofuels, and shortage of production in other regions of the globe. So corn, soybeans and wheat are at historic high values. But, input costs are rising rapidly too. If grain prices do not stay high, farm incomes may plummet. This will not be a fun roller coaster for anyone in the long term. My wife bought flour yesterday that has risen 60% in price in less than a month. The world is changing rapidly. Hang on, be smart! Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html |
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[Market-farming] Farm income,
Ploughshare, 03/27/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm income,
Pat Meadows, 03/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm income,
Bill Shoemaker, 03/28/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Farm income, Brigette Leach, 03/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm income,
Bill Shoemaker, 03/28/2008
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[Market-farming] Farm Income,
Ploughshare, 03/28/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Farm Income, Bill Shoemaker, 03/28/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] Farm income,
Pat Meadows, 03/28/2008
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