I called the Mid-US Honey Price Hotline (763-658-4193) and here is what I
heard.

  a.. Updated September 1

  b.. Cdn crop is down -- Crop looks like average to 20% down

  c.. $1.35 Cdn offered from Grossman

  d.. $US1.15 paid for amber recently

  e.. Barkman was offering $US1.20 now $US1.10

  f.. Some honey came into the US at $US1.09 -- from west coast, Canada

  g.. Mid west US production spotty.  Big mite problems.  Concern about bees
for the almonds?

  h.. Thinks the price may go to $1.30-  $1.40 for white after the final
numbers are known.

Seems the Canucks are getting with the program.  I see that some are now
calling the line, which formerly had mostly US reports, AND leaving info to
share with others.

IMO, this is service very important, and it is very important we all
contribute to the common good.  Knowledge is power.  Honey packers
constantly share price and volume info, and that works very much to their
advantage, but many beekeepers think they are being smart by keeping their
cards close to their chest. They are wrong.  By doing so, we all lose.

Some think that if everyone has the same good information, that the
competition will increase, and they will lose an advantage, but, in my
experience, different people will use the same shared information in
different ways.  Each has different beliefs and priorities and reaches
different conclusions.

allen
A Beekeeper's Diary: http://www.honeybeeworld.com/diary/

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