Food costs and farmer gains in the market basket
An essay argues that farmers bear little of rising food costs while labor and transportation take the largest share of a $243 rise in the market basket over ten years. It notes improved farming methods lowered costs and passed savings to consumers, urging support for Lancaster Farming advertisers.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
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Oniter
C Tic Feeding Systems Co
Laverne, Minn
Roma
Ery W. Kretlow
New Holland
Ph. Elgin
DARBY
New Jersey
Darby Sterns Cross
Western
New York
Keener Poultry Farm
R. D
Elizabethtown
Lancaster
Lancaster Farming
Sudan
A. H. Hoffman Seeds, Inc
Landisville, PA
James D. Foley
Lafayette St
Palmerton
Palmer High School
Lehigh University
Barbara A. Gallagher
James Street
Hazleton
Hazleton High School
Wilkes College
Virginia L. Heisey
R.D
Manheim
Manheim Central High School
Elizabethtown College
Joseph J Kandrac
Miner Street
Hudson Marymount High School
Kings College
Putnam Street
Scranton
University of Scranton
Michael A. Mundy, JR
S. Wyoming St . Hazleton
St. Gabriel High School
Michael T. Rorick
King St
Northumberland Northumbberland Area
Bucknell
Meredith A. Schell
Church Street
Moscow
Scranton Central High School
Lycoming College
Norma G. Souser
S. 19Th Street
Harrisburg
John Harris High School
Dickinson College
Albert L. Strunk, JR
Sixth Street
Fullerton
Whitehall
Ap High School
Bucknell University
PPIL
Pennsylvania Power & Light Company
Eastern
Pennsylvania
Pp&l
America
Central Eastern Pennsylvania