The Price Of Food: 2007 – 2008

June 28th, 2008

I noted a few of the most shocking increases. Remember, these are changes over just one year.

Via: Cattle Network:

Eggs, Grade A +28.32%
Barley +52.56%
Beans, Dry Edible +64.29%
Corn +46.70%
Flaxseed +134.46%
Lentils +147.73%
Oats +38.96%
Peas, Dry Edible +62.38%
Rice, Rough +50.00%
Sorghum +41.45%
Soybeans +72.75%
Sunflower +65.06%
Wheat +80.33%

Research Credit: Cartosys

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One Response to “The Price Of Food: 2007 – 2008”

  1. tm says:
    June 29, 2008 at 2:42 am

    Thanks for that handy info. Now all people have to do is switch to a diet of sliced bacon, oranges, pears, strawberries, tangerines, carrots and cucumbers, and their cost of eating will actually be going down! You could do worse than subsist on that cuisine.

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