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Thanks to dropping food costs, there's more jingle in your pocket!
 

Thanks to modern farming practices such as planting hybrid and biotech crops and using technology like GPS systems, farmers have reduced the costs of growing food. That savings is passed on to you at the grocery store. For every dollar you spend nowadays, only a dime goes to food. Now that's farming that works for you. I guess you could say the proof is in the pudding... or maybe the price of the pudding!

Percent of Income* Spent in the U.S.A.

 

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