You have many supporters but most of all you have a great supporter. The question two weeks ago regarding farmers raising their prices seemed to really hit home more for Valley folks and the responses just keep coming. The final tally in that survey is 87 percent yes and 13 percent unsure. Farmers are not just growing food to feed you but they are running a business as well. If your input costs of your business go up you raise the prices of what you produce or the service you give.
Every business does that.
It is how you stay in business. The plight that the farmer faces is that they do not set the prices for their commodities. Prices are set by middle men, packers, shippers, etc. There are also programs and trade policies at work to keep food prices low because we consumers get too upset if we have to pay too much for our food. So if prices are too low, or inputs are too high, the farmers get pretty squeezed.