chefdennis
Veteran Expediter
... Forget it, the economist ...yea forget it....
Darn gas prices
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If you run I-40 between Nashville and Knoxville the Love's at exit 240 is always the lowest price . I paid $2.98 a gallon there Thursday .Saw a few stations here with Diesel at $3.45
$3.15 is the cheapest I've seen, last week I filled up at $2.96
Dakota
Veteran Expediter
I look at the price constantly and if I am at 1/2 a tank or below I fill up at the cheaper stations....I also don't only limit myself to truckstops. I go to any station as long as my truck will fit under canopy
We have the exempt diesel here in Indiana, but sometimes Ohio is cheaper than here
While I agree with your opinions on ethanol , before ethanol plants began opening corn prices were so low farmers were losing money producing it . For some industries to survive there has to be a way to have them make a decent profit .
I started a very controversial thread on another forum regarding low prices at WalMart driving thousands of workers of associated businesses to the poverty level .
The example I used is WalMart telling vendors not to ship their products . WalMart (Schneider ) would pick them up . Then WalMart told vendors they expected a price decrease due to the elimination of shipping costs . Most vendors complained shipping costs were only about 3% .Where can they make up that other 3% ? Most likely by reducing employee wages and benefits .
You can't have low prices on products without someone making sacrifices . It won't be stockholders or corporate executives .
As far as turkey prices go I doubt the price of feed justifies the amount of price increase . It's just an excuse they expect people to buy . Have other meat costs risen in proportion ? What if people decided to buy a good Thanksgiving ham ?
Some commodities have learned from the Oil industry....when one has control of the " supply and demand" button....use it well.... Oil companies cut production to regulate the price and create either a glut to force prices down OR they cut production to create a shortage...pushing up prices...Now you have beef and pork ranchers cutting herd size creating a shortage forcing prices up....
We now have winter corn...thats right....farmers have learned as well...bio corn can stand all winter and is still good in the spring when supplies are lower and the wholesale price is more...so in the fall they hold back some production keeping prices higher....just look at the elevators and the outside storage of siledage ....there is no shortage...the per acre yields have never been higher almost 3 times what it was 10 years ago.....
Oil companies cut production to regulate the price and create either a glut to force prices down OR they cut production to create a shortage...pushing up prices...Now you have beef and pork ranchers cutting herd size creating a shortage forcing prices up....We now have winter corn...thats right....farmers have learned as well...bio corn can stand all winter and is still good in the spring when supplies are lower and the wholesale price is more...so in the fall they hold back some production keeping prices higher....just look at the elevators and the outside storage of siledage ....there is no shortage...the per acre yields have never been higher almost 3 times what it was 10 years ago.....
jrcarroll
Expert Expediter
I think your wrong again Greg!
Ya have to blame it on George Washington, not Bush.
Oh yea, also Jed Clampit.
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Deville
Not a Member
Actually Clinton set the course.
Jack_Berry
Moderator Emeritus
fuel jump this time of year is expected. refineries changing to the "winter blend" so the big cities and collar counties can breath clean. then there is those pesky futures options on the price of hho-home heating oil-that further drive up the price.
it happens every year. look at your receipts.
moot i appreciate your outrage over the price of turkey but america over planted corn the last several years to make ethanol-also used in anti-freeze-by the tune of 6 million acres. more than enough to provide the bio fuel we can use. as a matter of fact we are so successful in producing bio fuel we are selling millions of gallons to brazil rather than using it here!
it happens every year. look at your receipts.
moot i appreciate your outrage over the price of turkey but america over planted corn the last several years to make ethanol-also used in anti-freeze-by the tune of 6 million acres. more than enough to provide the bio fuel we can use. as a matter of fact we are so successful in producing bio fuel we are selling millions of gallons to brazil rather than using it here!
witness23
Veteran Expediter
Relax chicken little, the sky isn't falling.
Cost of Classic Thanksgiving Dinner Up Slightly in 2010
Link: The Voice of Agriculture - American Farm Bureau
A few excerpts from the article:
thats it? *LOL*
witness23
Veteran Expediter
Yep, that's it.
I get .13 on every dispatched mile which means from where I sit waiting to be dispatched to the shipper, all loaded miles to the delivery and from the delivery to the layover spot provided I go where they suggest so while it may not be as high as some it isn't just on loaded miles either.
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nightcreacher
Veteran Expediter
by resetting your ecm to 62 mph you will actually loose fuel mileage.the best fuel mileage is a truck set wide open and drive slow.If you use the horse power you will loose fuel, but if you have it to use and dont use it then the mileage will go up.
I havent noticed fsc going down,in fact seems to have gone up
I havent noticed fsc going down,in fact seems to have gone up