Farm Bureau officials blame oil industry for rising food prices

By Seth Slabaugh, Star Press

seths@muncie.gannett.com

CLOVERDALE -- Farm Bureau officials on Wednesday accused the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) of blaming the wrong party for rising food prices.

It's the oil industry, not the ethanol industry, that is more at fault for the 5-percent increase in domestic food prices over the past year, said Don Villwock, president of Indiana Farm Bureau.