Quietly standing in the corner like some embarrassed school kid who has just wet his pants. Why then, you ask There really is a very simple answer here. We are currently a luxury-based society. Our economy is fantastic. Anyone can buy anything.
Food is at the bottom of the consumers' priority list.
The prices people pay for food in relation to other consumer goods is extremely disproportionate. I don't have to remind any rancher or farmer what a tractor cost in 1970 and what that same tractor cost today. Yes, it would suffer decline. And it would not be a mild financial shift. Our Government wants cheap food.