APAS report claims “farmer’s share continues to shrink”

The gap between the cost of groceries and what farmers, who produce those foods, receive in return is wider compared to the previous three years, according to the Agricultural Producers’ Association of Saskatchewan’s (APAS) third annual “Farmers and Food Prices” report.The report follows seven key grocery products that come from commodities grown in the province, ranging from beer, lentils and margarine, to bread, flour, canola oil and retail pork. The purpose of the repo