Milk Prices Continue to Rise
June 26, 2007 by Karen Weideman
Filed under financial matters, frugal living, money saving idea, shopping
I managed to get away from the family for a little while last night and do some grocery shopping. I was shocked when I went to pick up a gallon of milk. The Food Lion brand milk was $4.09 for skim!!!!! This called for some research.
According to The Star-Ledger, the price paid to farmers will have increased 50 percent this year — driven by higher costs of transporting milk to market and increased demand for corn to produce ethanol. We are seeing the rising cost of gas affect just about everything we purchase.
University of Illinois dairy specialist Michael Hutjens forecasts …read more
