LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – As grocery prices continue to rise, farmers are breaking down the cost of how expensive it is for them to produce the products people buy daily.

Arkansas Farm Bureau leaders said there has been a misconception that the more people spend on food, the more they make, but local farmer Sarah Beth-Johnson said that’s not the case.

“No matter what a farmer is producing, they’re definitely feeling the pressure of those higher production costs,” Beth-Johnson said.

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Farming has now become more of a gamble to her, and many others that fight to keep producing beyond inflation.

John McMinn is an Agricultural Economist for the Farm Bureau and he said every dollar spent on groceries is broken down, between farmers, those who package the items, brand them and sell them.

“These people that are experiencing higher expenses, they’re pushing it off on the consumer,” McMinn said.

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He said on average farmers only get back about 8 cents from each dollar spent at grocery stores.

“It’s that middleman or that in between the farmer and consumer,” McMinn said. “The farmer and the grocery store are the ones who are naming the price for what that crop is being sold at.”

For Beth-Johnson, it’s a balance game. She said she’s making on average about 15 cents per dollar.

“We really just do our best to grow when we can and then to hold tight when the expenses get really high,” Beth-Johnson said.

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She said things like equipment, fertilizer and fuel have all increased too, but she’s hopeful this year’s harvest season will be better.

“What we raise we are also consuming and so we are doing our best with what we have in order for consumers to provide the best for their families,” she said.

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