Survey: Farmers Aren’t So Bad

A recent nationwide survey conducted by the United Soybean Board (USB) and soy-bean checkoff, revealed that U.S. consumers strongly back U.S. soybean farmers and biodiesel, USAgNet reports.

The National Agriculture Image Survey indicated that 82% of consumers agree foreign oil-producing countries and the high cost of fuel impacting farming and processing, packaging, storing and shipping food are to blame for food price increases, not U.S. farmers.

The survey was created to see if opinions toward farmers have changed in the past year and if they were more favorable or unfavorable. In general, the survey showed that the public has become more favorable toward farmers. A small percentage surveyed have become more negative, criticizing farmers for choosing to take subsidies at taxpayers’ expense.