Farmers continue to receive less of the food dollar, even as consumers pay more for their groceries, says the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan.
Its latest Farmers and Food Prices Report indicates the trend has not changed much since the organization began analyzing six products in 2021-22.
“Our data continues to show a consistent story,” said president Bill Prybylski.
“Food prices are rising, but the farmer’s share is actually shrinking.”
The report, which was released in June for 2024-25, actually showed a little bump in the farmer share of two products:retail pork and canola oil.
“I was a little surprised that some of the numbers have actually reversed, but when you think about it, I guess it makes sense that canola prices have rebounded a little bit compared to where they were,” Prybylski said.
APAS tracks the farmer share of several food products by comparing the retail price with the producer price for the initial commodity. These include a 675-gram load of bread, three litres of canola oil, 907 grams of margarine, 900 ggrams of lentils, a 24-pack of beer and retail pork.
The pork price is the combined retail value of all cuts rather than a single cut.
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