Farmers Take Home About 11 Cents of Every Thanksgiving Dollar

A new report by the National Farmers Union says that farmers will take only 11.4 cents out of every dollar, on average, spent on Thanksgiving food.

The data was released in the Thanksgiving edition of NFU’s Farmers Share publication, and includes turkey farmers getting just five cents of every dollar spent on turkey, wheat farmers getting six cents on every dollar for rolls and dairy producers getting a little less than $1.50 for every $4.50 spent on fat free milk.

Rob Larew, NFU’s Senior Vice President for Public Policy and Communications says, “If you don’t live on a farm or work in agriculture, you probably don’t realize the tremendous difference between the price you pay for food at the grocery store and the prices farmers end up receiving for these products.”

The Farmers’ Share is based on calculations derived from the monthly Agriculture Prices report produced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service, and compared to price points of common grocery food items at Safeway supermarket.

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