has feed gone up in your area

Yeah, I've noticed it too.  The brand of dog food we've always bought for our dog has gone up several dollars for a 50lb bag in the past couple of years.

I only buy twice a year. So no not yet. Maybe in my big srping purchase.
Gas is at $3.19 in my area, so it is logical feed follows.
ON

You can thank mandated ethanol for that.  Grain prices are going up everywhere.

I was surprised how much feed had gone up since I bought it 1.5 years ago.  $3!!!!

Bull pucky...

What the heck ever here of wars in the middle east, a growing world population of oil consumers? Oil spills in the gulf....
It takes fossile fuels to grow and deliver grains..
Heck I only feed 10% corn, maybe corn prices are up because of ethonol , feeds high in corn are garbage anyway IMO.

ON

Nope, you can 'blame' a weak US dollar, poorer than expected production this year, and increased exports.  Corn was selling for about $3.50 in June, it is over $6 now.

Yes, in the past few months mine went from $10.50, to $11.25 and now it's $12.50 for 50 lbs of Nutrena Nature Wise layer feed.

I bought a 50 pound bag of layer feed from a local feed store for $9.95 back in October.


Earlier this week, I bought the same 50 pound bag of layer feed from the same store for $10.80.


Meantime, two weeks ago, the tag on the shelf for a 50 pound bag of black oil sunflower seed said $17.98.


Knowing that was the best price around, I decided to buy a bag.   When I got the bag up to the checkout, it showed up as $20.98 on the computer.   I pointed out to the checker that the tag on the shelf said it was $17.98.   She did a price check and found that I was correct, so she gave me the bag for $17.98 plus tax. 


Before I left, they were already in the process of changing that shelf tag to $20.98.

Our feedstore lady is crazy..she changes prices weekly.. First it was $15,then $12,then i forgot then $10,then $16!