According to the Cattle Network (don't ask), here is the list of wholesale prices for food - the big deal is looking at the final column, Percent Change.
Field Crops Unit 2007 2008 % Change
Barley Bu $3.12 $4.76 52.56%
Beans, Dry Cwt $3.08 $5.06 64.29%
Corn Bu $3.49 $5.12 46.70%
Cotton Lb $0.44 $0.61 37.95%
Flaxseed Bu $7.08 $16.60 134.46%
Hay Ton $138.00 $166.00 20.29%
Lentils Cwt $13.20 $32.70 147.73%
Oats Bu $2.49 $3.46 38.96%
If you were planning on going on that new lentil-lemon diet you can forget it.
The only good news, and proof that eating meat might cost you high cholesterol but not high cash - BACON is actually down for the year over year price!
Bacon, Sliced Lb 3.651 3.637 -0.38%
Of course this is likely due to factory farming I keep ranting about and all I can say is 'thank gawd I don't live near one of these hog farms and the millions of pounds of poop they create'. But c'mon - its BACON!
