Tracking grower and retail prices

The relationship between grower prices and retail prices is always a point of interest, perhaps more for growers than retailers.

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The relationship between grower prices and retail prices is always a point of interest, perhaps more for growers than retailers.

Since early May, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has recently published a report that records weekly variations in grower prices for vegetables and advertised average retail prices.

I put some of those numbers in graphic form......




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