[simpleworld]

I've been reading on the web about the increase in the price of most grains (wheat, soy, etc...)

Well today I went to buy a bag of dog food, same brand and size I always buy.

A month ago, I payed $32 for the bag. Today it was $42! Has anyone else noticed this fast rise in the price of food products? I don't eat bread so I have not noticed if it has gone up in price too. Are we really running out of grain?

 

[xnothingpoetic]

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This year’s world grain harvest is projected to fall short of consumption by 61 million tons, marking the sixth time in the last seven years that production has failed to satisfy demand. As a result of these shortfalls, world carryover stocks at the end of this crop year are projected to drop to 57 days of consumption, the shortest buffer since the 56-day-low in 1972 that triggered a doubling of grain prices.

Eco-Economy Indicators: GRAIN HARVEST - World Grain Stocks Fall to 57 Days of Consumption: Grain Prices Starting to Rise


Answer your question?

 

[Uncle Erik]

Looks like the cats will have to start fending for themselves.

They'd probably start with me.

 

[AlanY]

You know what's even worse? The CPI (consumer price index) numbers came out on Friday and guess what they said the rate of consumer inflation for February was? Zero
http://www.doctorhousingbubble.com/w...008/03/cpi.jpg

If there was ever any doubt the Boskin Commission changes to the CPI and the whole "hedonics" concept was a load of bunk, it's becoming clear to everyone.

The price of gas went up 12% last month, the price of medical care and school and food and everything else has been rising like crazy, and the US government is still trying to tell everyone the inflation rate is low. Unbelievable.

 

[Rednamalas1]

oh well, back to eating cardboards again for me

 

[Duggeh]

Gas up 12%? What does it cost now, $0.56 a gallon?

Once you're paying $2 per litre....

The whole FOTM for biofuels at the minute is doing the world food stocks no favours at all. Biofuels have caused far more damage already than they could ever hope to solve.

 

[AlanY]

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Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gas up 12%? What does it cost now, $0.56 a gallon? Once you're paying $2 per litre....

Gas is not taxed at the same rate it is in the UK. But people in the US have to pay for health insurance out of their own pockets. The situations are so different that it's silly to compare UK gas prices to ones in the US. The whole environment and set of cost pressures on average people is different.

Regardless, 12%/month increases (potentially 144% annualized) would be a big shock to anyone on either side of the pond. The pound is not dropping relative to the dollar so you're not feeling the same pain.

 

[dgbiker1]

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Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gas up 12%? What does it cost now, $0.56 a gallon? Once you're paying $2 per litre.... The whole FOTM for biofuels at the minute is doing the world food stocks no favours at all. Biofuels have caused far more damage already than they could ever hope to solve.

Not to mention most biofuel processing plants pollute so much that the cradle-to-grave (well, ground to exhaust) cycle of biofuels produces more pollutants than gasoline (according to IEEE). I don't know where they're headed with that idea but it's pretty worthless to date outside of allowing GM to market gas guzzlers as green cars.

 

[FallenAngel]

Uhm... dog food? Just consider what kind of crap they put into that stuff!? Dogs (like people) have been around for thousands of years, do you think they've ever eaten dried processed crap out of a bag before?

Do this little home experiment - try to feed a dog that has been raised on "dog food" some real food that all canines have been eating for centuries - normal raw meat. Simple result : their stomachs have been so screwed up by "dog food" that they can't digest it and can no longer survive on their natural food source and they can no longer live as "normal" canine have lived for the entire course of evolution up until what I call the "McDonalds" era. And of course, if you try to feed this "dog food" to any dogs that has not had their stomachs poisoned to impossible levels by this stuff, they'll just pee on your couch as their answer to what they think of it.

My bet is people will face the same thing in the next 20-30 years with the current trends of our dients.

1. Bleached Flour:

   Flour that no longer has any nourishing properties, and the FDA's answer - "enriched" flour which is bleached flour with no nutrients which goes through a process to add some vitamins/nutrients back in but fails miserably because our bodies don't process them properly and nobody can trace where these "additions" come from - seriously, the sources that provide them to bread companies get renamed and change every few months - NOBODY gave answers to where these come from!

2. White Sugar:

   The #1 reason why people are sick, depressed and have terrible ailments in North America - high sugar levels feed the wrong type of bacteria in our bodies which, aside form producing high levels of yeast which has been linked to everything from heart problems to causing depression, it screws up our immune system and without that, we're just screwed - oh just a note, antibiotics kill ALL bacteria, including the ones that keep yeast levels in check, so if you take them more than a few times in your lifetime, the yeast level in your body is so out of control that you are ****ed for life

3. Produce:

   The earth and soil on which the produce is grown these days simply does not have nutrients and minerals which the vegetables need to suck in through their roots to be of any significant value to our bodies. The soil just doesn't contain what we need anymore, simple as that.

Oh yeah, for all of you on the "organic foods" craze, read carefully:

• FDA certified "Organic" means 95% is organic, the other 5% who knows!
• Almost all labels you pick up at the store are "Third-Party Certified", who knows what their standards are.
• Even "Certified Organic" meat isn't necessarily "good" for you - just read this article : U.S. Continues to Violate World Health Organization Guidelines for BSE.

Oh yeah, who cares about oil prices, global warming or whatever "fad of the month" scare currently playing out on the news, we're all screwed by what we eat. No, there is no advice offered in this rant, make up your own mind as to what you can do to make your quality of life better, but of course start with reading of "Blood never lies" it's a nice compilation to what's going on with modern medicine (antibiotics as candy given by doctors) and how our bodies really react to it. And of course, next time your doctor says "Here, take these antibiotics for your cold/nasal congestion.", slap them!

 

[Lazarus Short]

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Originally Posted by simpleworld /img/forum/go_quote.gif A month ago, I payed $32 for the bag. Today it was $42! Has anyone else noticed this fast rise in the price of food products?

Inflation is far worse in some other places: currently in Zimbabwe it is 100,000% or better. The chickens will have to come home to roost here, too.

Laz

 

[iKonoKlast]

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Originally Posted by Lazarus Short /img/forum/go_quote.gif Inflation is far worse in some other places: currently in Zimbabwe it is 100,000% or better. The chickens will have to come home to roost here, too. Laz

A sad day in America when we are compared to Zimbabwe.

 

[digitalmind]

$40 gets me a year supply of dog food!

 

[Edwood]

A bag of food for my dog costs me less than $15 at Costco, and lasts for at least a month.

The brand of food is called Foster Farms.

-Ed

 

[ecclesand]

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Originally Posted by Duggeh /img/forum/go_quote.gif Gas up 12%? What does it cost now, $0.56 a gallon? Once you're paying $2 per litre.... The whole FOTM for biofuels at the minute is doing the world food stocks no favours at all. Biofuels have caused far more damage already than they could ever hope to solve.

I was reading a while ago that investments in Biofuels will be the next financial "bubble" to pop in America. We are currently living the pop of the sub-prime mortgage bubble and even as we speak, insane amounts of money are being invested in the Biofuels industry. Something to keep in mind when investing. Biofuels probably do not have much of a future in this country as we are using food sources to make fuel. Would you rather be able to go somewhere or eat?

 

[ken36]

Who can we blame? Good stuff.