[Winona Online Democracy]
To Bob Sebo's
comments:
Doing a little quick
research related to farm labor, I find that hired labor accounts for about 12%
of farm costs. "Farm value" - or the amount of finished food cost
paid to the farmer - is about 20% of every dollar we spend of groceries
(the rest is transportation, marketing, retail labor, profit, etc.).
So, 12% 0f 20% - or about 2.4% - is the share of our food dollar that goes to
hired farm labor. Labor costs could go up 50% and only raise our
grocery bill by a little over 1%. I would welcome any more in depth
information.
Phil Carlson,
Mpls
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