tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710007365898919995.post6750222014301007865..comments2024-03-11T06:54:51.891-07:00Comments on The Unmanned Farmer: Rising Food CostsUnmannedFarmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03377802391208017208noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710007365898919995.post-47706011491321687202011-03-10T06:25:11.671-08:002011-03-10T06:25:11.671-08:00Mama Bair I really appreciate your comments. Unfor...Mama Bair I really appreciate your comments. Unfortunately due to self imposed time and size constraints I sometimes cannot put everything into the blog that could be there. However, those costs are on the farmers side of things and do not directly effect the prices in the store, but they do effect a farmers bottom line. The main point of the article was to point out that farmers and the price of their crops are not the culprit for rising food prices, but energy costs are. Thank you for you comments and I hope you will leave more.UnmannedFarmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03377802391208017208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710007365898919995.post-11420463830521148342011-03-08T20:09:12.418-08:002011-03-08T20:09:12.418-08:00You aren't even considering the fact that many...You aren't even considering the fact that many fertilizers are petroleum based. The chemicals used to produce a healthy, pest free, desiese free product are usually petroleum based. Then the farmers power bills are hiked as much as 15% higher than the average household pays. Farmers invest their entire lives and every penny they have..to feed the world. If we don't do it, you all starve!Mama Bairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05531616050861334497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6710007365898919995.post-366946882576748832011-03-08T09:19:02.725-08:002011-03-08T09:19:02.725-08:00Great post. I am on a Chevy pickup forum, and we j...Great post. I am on a Chevy pickup forum, and we just had this same discussion there as people there were blaming ethanol for all of our problems. I let them into my world a bit, showing them the costs that we incur raising corn. When we don't raise enough corn, food and fuel prices are our fault, and when we raise too much, it's our fault that we have surplus and that we export too much. I'm not familiar with raising wheat, but I know your equipment and fuel costs are through the roof, just like ours. Really, it's pretty simple. What's used to raise crops? Diesel. What's used to haul crops? Diesel. What's used to haul food to grocery stores? Diesel. Red diesel was $3.17/gallon here last week. $4 corn won't break even anymore. It's a little scary out here in farm world if you don't have moldy family money sitting in a bank somewhere. Most consumers are too far removed from the farm to understand, and most don't care, either.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04920859184882809819noreply@blogger.com