> I know of no U.S. honey bringing 1.75 nor have any been reported on the
> Midwestern honey line.

That's curious.  I've been watching and not seen any either, although I
heard of Argentine light amber at $1.71 a while back.

I've heard people say that the packers are angry with US beekeepers for
going ahead with the  anti-dumping and paying more for imports than US
honey.  If so, they should  be angry with Canadian beekeepers too, since
Canada supplied some of the cost of production figures that were used and
Canadian beekeepers also kicked in a fair bit of money in support of  the
cause.

Packers also can tell a good story, and work hard to convince sellers to
sell cheap.  That's how they make money.  There is very little profit in the
actual packing and selling of honey.  We have a lot of  bottom feeders here
in Canada, too.  They work on fear, ingnorance and tolerance  to convince
beekeepers to sell for less than the market price, and succeed in talking
the seller out of a few thousand dollars, as often as not.  Of course every
beekeeper whoi sells cheap drives the price down.  Thus we are all very
grateful, not envious -- when we hear that someone sold high.  People who
sell high keep the price up for all.

> I
> think the price will drop by January as new crop Argentine honey should be
> in the U.S. by then.

I think January is a bit early for the Argentine crop to be assured unless
it is huge.  In the past, I've had to wait another month or two to be sure
of the size of the crop.  It seems to me that it is usually late March or
April, before we know for sure.  For example, even now, the size of the
Canadian crop is still not known for sure, since it came in  late.  November
in Canada is equivalent to May in the southern hemisphere.

As for the Argentine price, they seem to have smartened up and are charging
as much or more than US beekeepers for delivery to the US when duties, taxes
and transport are figured in.  Good for them.

allen