Grain prices

[Victoria Pich]

The drought that is gripping most of the nation has caused grain prices to rise 40 percent in the last two weeks, with more inflation to come. Farmers in Montana were slaughtering their animals early. I asked Brian of Simply Grown Beef about this, and he confirmed my hypothesis that commercial products would soon enough be more expensive than organic (in many ways they already were, in cost to the environment and the health of the consumer, but here I'm just talking about money). Since his company's cattle are grass fed, grains are a non issue for him. While commercial meat and dairy prices are skyrocketing, organic prices are not. We eat simply Grown Beef, just had some of their hamburger last night after our class. Delicious!