A U-S Department of Agriculture Department study shows more than 85 cents of every dollar we spend on food goes to such things as transportation, processing and marketing. That leaves about 15 cents for farmers, a record low since the agency has conducted the study. Patrick Canning with U-S-D-A's Economic Research Service helped lead it and provides some details;
When eating out, the share of each dollar we spend that goes to farmers dropped more than 10 percent, to a little more than four-cents. That’s a record-low since USDA started conducting the survey;
Whether it be food we prepare and eat at home or on-the-run, when adjusted for inflation, farmers received on average a little over 12 cents of each dollar spent on food.
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