Conference probes high food costs in Wisconsin seminar
The UW-River Falls College of Agriculture hosted a one day seminar on Food and the Consumer Dollar with panels from producers processors consumers and regulators. Speakers including Sidney Margolius and Kathleen Sheekey criticized retailers packaging and premarket testing while warning that consumers often pay more than the standard 16 percent figure. John Ley urged farm cuts to lift prices and Kraft official Dr Channing Lushbough stressed mutual stakes of farmers and processors. The discussion balanced regulatory aims with market forces as a path to sustained price integrity.
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Who bears blame for inflation on consumer dollar
A UW River Falls conference on Food and the Consumer Dollar gathered producers processors regulators and consumers to discuss who bears responsibility for inflation. Quotes from panelists including John Ley Kraft official Channing Lushbaugh and USDA official Ronald Hendrickson highlighted tensions over farmer profits bankruptcy tax relief and government support while contrasting views on how to ensure long term relief for farmers.
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