"S.Dunlap" wrote:
>
> Katra > wrote in message >...
> > "S.Dunlap" wrote:
> > >
> > > Nancy Young > wrote in message >...
> > > > LenS wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Does anyone know the reason?
> > > >
> > > > Holidays. Expect the price of butter to skyrocket, too.
> > > >
> > > > nancy
> > >
> > > Holidays may not necessarily be the answer. Price of eggs (and
> > > chicken) has gone up here in Honduras also...and there is no tradition
> > > of holiday bake-a-thons like in the US. Perhaps Cargill, ADM, and all
> > > the other agribusinesses involved with feed production have increased
> > > their prices.
> > >
> > > Sandi
> >
> >
> > If the price of gas goes up (which it has yet again) then so does the
> > price of feed since it has to be trucked. The eggs, in turn, also have
> > to be trucked.
> >
> > The price of tomatoes has also doubled, and there are no more imports in
> > the store than there was when they were "in season".
> >
> > Just my guess. :-)
> >
> > K.
>
> ADM has a history of price fixing to keep feed prices artificially
> high. They've been busted by the feds and fined plus some execs had to
> go do time at "Club Fed" penitentiary. Cargill controls the majority
> of producsers in both the chicken insustry and the poultry/livestock
> feed industry in Honduras.
>
> BTW, check out the websites for Cargill and ADM to see how they are
> vertically integrated and control everything from the financial
> institutions that loan money to farmers on up to grain storage,
> transportation, and production facilities. They even own utilities in
> some areas. It's rather enlightening.
>
> Sandi
Scary too...
Thanks!
K.
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