Marie_M
June 22nd, 2008, 08:49 PM
NEW YORK - Raging Midwest floodwaters that swallowed crops and sent corn and soybean prices soaring are about to give consumers more grief at the grocery store.
In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry and even eggs, cheese and milk are expected to get more expensive as livestock owners go out of business or are forced to slaughter more cattle, hogs, turkeys and chickens to cope with rocketing costs for corn-based animal feed...(article continued at link below)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_bi_ge/midwest_flooding_food_prices
In the latest bout of food inflation, beef, pork, poultry and even eggs, cheese and milk are expected to get more expensive as livestock owners go out of business or are forced to slaughter more cattle, hogs, turkeys and chickens to cope with rocketing costs for corn-based animal feed...(article continued at link below)
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080622/ap_on_bi_ge/midwest_flooding_food_prices