Livestock Board insights on income, food costs decline
Ranch column notes from Hallie Stillwell via Gage Holand discuss National Livestock and Meat Board points. They say today's income share needed for food is about 18.2 percent, down from 58 percent seventy years ago, with ongoing declines in workers' earnings relative to food prices.
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Hallie Stillwell
National Livestock and Meat Board
Gage Holand
Cost of Living Versus High Living Warns of Economic Pressures
A local column contrasts rising prices with stagnant wages, noting food costs as a small share of disposable income while housing and transportation surge. It adds farm figures, recurring quotes, weather notes, cautions about grass fires, and reminders of a Highland Hereford Bull Sale in Marfa on the 12th.
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