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Along with rising gas prices, there has been quite a bit of news about higher prices for food in stores. And in some cases record price levels for farm commodities.

Many consumers, feeling the pinch, assume high food prices means record profits for farmers as well.

Well, the two don’t always go together. Farming is a tough business and the cost to produce food is climbing. Everything from seed to fertilizer costs more. And just like the rest of us, farmers have been hit by the rising price of fuel, used in farm machinery and to transport their harvests..

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