Is the recession good for agriculture?

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Mr. Greenjeans

Take a look at these pork chops. Two beautiful strip loins, vacuum sealed, domestically produced. Tender, juicy, delicious chops. What could possibly be wrong with this photo?

 

 

 

 

IT'S THE PRICE!!!!

One dollar. One lousy buck. What can be purchased today for a dollar? Not much. Almost none of the processed, preservative laden food I see in most people's shopping baskets. How can hotdogs be $1.95 yet pork loin is $1.00? The world is going crazy! Trimmings, nitrates, and salt are worth more than strip loin.

The sad fact is that while costs for agricultural producers are skyrocketing, our produce is frozen at 1970's prices. Our costs are increasing largely because of the increased cost of oil, which affects the price of fuel, fertilizer (because it is made from natural gas), and grain (because of Bush's ethanol programs). Where I live, the average family has earned enough for their year's groceries by February 6th, yet every time I open the newspaper, there's another article about how food prices are increasing and how many families are having trouble feeding themselves. I've got an idea for all the apparently starving urban families: collect ten empty soda cans, turn them in for refund, then go home and enjoy your delicious $1.00 pork strip loin. The truth is, the only people starving are the farmers.