The most recent data specific to Utah's food prices are from January, when prices were up 3.8 percent, compared with a year earlier. If oil prices were to fall or stabilize, Matthews said, then food price increases would stabilize, as well, but the likelihood of that happening is not very good. The co-op, which can save members as much as 50 percent off grocery-store prices, deals directly with wholesalers and purchases in bulk. Fruits and vegetables are also more expensive, up 6.7 percent...

But when the price for milk drops, he will grudgingly leave his cows and make the 15- to 20-minute drive to the farm services agency office in Liberty, sign his name to page after page of documents, and get a small federal subsidy to make up for the low milk prices. Home > News > Article Sullivan's farm office could close. But when the price for milk drops, he will grudgingly leave his cows and make the 15- to 20-minute drive to the farm services agency office in Liberty, sign his name to...

The spot cheddar cheese market on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange serves as the benchmark for cheese prices and, therefore, influences milk prices. That could mean unfair prices for farmers or consumers. A thin market involves few brokers trading a quantity not large enough to provide an accurate price for the rest of the industry. Russ Feingold is concerned that some prices also are open to tampering. The spot cheddar market has about 20 traders at any given time, Chicago Mercantile...

During a news conference held in a parched cornfield just outside of Montgomery, representatives from the Alabama Farmers Federation, Alabama Cattlemen's Association, Alabama Poultry and Egg Association and Alabama Forestry Association gathered to let farmers tell their stories. Alabama agricultural organizations Friday called on state and national officials to speed relief to the state's farmers who have been hit hard by the worst drought in 100 years. During a news conference held in a...

With the price of milk estimated to skyrocket to $5 a gallon by fall, Queens residents are gearing up for the price increase. Department of Agriculture, said two major factors are responsible for the increase in milk prices. Milk prices in New York state are controlled by a national milk pricing process adminstered by the USDA and uses several factors including supply, demand and cost of production, both nationally and abroad. And with higher farm prices, Leibtag said, the price of dairy...

beef was priced 50 percent less than Korean beef and up to 25 percent less than beef from Australia, which currently has a 76 percent share of the import meat market. beef was met at Lotte Mart, a large discount-store chain in South Korea, with excitement from customers who anticipated once again enjoying high quality, affordable U. beef to return to supermarket shelves in South Korea, but only a few hours on Friday (July 13) to quadruple imported meat sales. beef sales were more than four...