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I can well understand all the advertising and trucking adding to the cost. But it always has, this isn't a recent development. These price hikes are crazy. I still think that, at least where I am, there is some gouging going on.

Diesel, as everyone knows has skyrocketed over the past 3-5 years. Corn? Soybreans? My!!! Lots of factors driving commodities. World demand, world population, ethanol, politics, production issues related to climatic conditions, take your pick.

Some local mills are up to $12 a 50# and they are using their own grains. I don't see it as gouging as much as the new reality, perhaps. Semantics? I dunno. Frankly, given the cost of the raw materials, $25 a hundred for a quality feed is about right. That doesn't mean it makes any of us happy. There is major inflation in the food stuffs, grains, etc. I see no chance of a return to the "good old days" of lower feed/food prices of just a few years ago. There is far, far too much world wide demand. There is also a limit to the acreage that can be put into production. Welcome to the 21st century. It is a bit unsettling.​

I didn't just wake up to the world yesterday. I've been seeing prices rise for decades. Here, $14 a bag would be a normal, expected rise in price due to the factors you've mentioned. $18 a bag is just beyond crazy. That is a huge jump that has only just happened in the last few months. Overall it depends on where you are as to what is outrageous as well. We already pay more than you do for feed because of said fuel prices since the stuff is grown so far away.

Add to all the above the fact that one little mom and pop feed store seems to be able to do just fine charging what I consider to be a reasonable amount while the big guys are charging an arm and a leg, and I still think there's at least something not quite right here.
 
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Galanie, we agree to a great extent.
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I'm just quite sure if gouging was the right word, I dunno. I frankly do not have the right word. Profiteering? Pushing the limits to maintain profitability? I just don't know. I follow the grain markets pricing, (old farmer habits die hard) and frankly? It is very disconcerting. Grocery prices, in the stores, is on the rise.
 
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Feed price is creeping up in my area too. All things considered, my birds are still paying their own ways, even with the winter laying rate (without artificial lights). However, this would mean that older birds may have to go rather than living out their days.
 
That Mom & Pop could be taking the hit instead of passing on the increases the mills are hitting them with. In my wifes bird shop (Exotics) she has a large group of pigeon guys along with her regulars that buy feed from her. I hear them making the same comments about the other guys taking advantage of everyones knowledge of rising fuel prices, ethanol buying up all the corn, and the drought. What they don't realize is that Karen doesn't want to hurt her "pigeon guys" or the other people just trying to take care of their babies and has got down to where she is only charging 25 to 50 cents a bag over what she pays.

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here in central fl.tampa purina both layena and omaga 3 is $14.75 a bag. 40lb on om3 50lb on layena.
what is everbody selling eggs for a doz.
jack foley spring hill fl.
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Here in my neck of the woods depending on the brand a 50# bag of layer pellets goes for $15-18 and scratch has been more than layer for some brands like ellenbaas. We get our feed from a mill now and are only paying $12 for 50# of an off brand layer and I think $17 for 50# Purina flock raiser.
 

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