Prices for suet blocks (I buy a case at the time) have doubled recently,
too. My Seahurst Forest birds---Flickers, Pileateds, Bushtits,
Chickadees, Downies, Nuthatches, Sparrows, Grosbeaks, Jays,
Finches...they all seem to have acquired a taste, a BIG taste---can
finish an entire block in four days.
Sobering, me2 (live in Burien at NE edge of Seahurst Park forest)
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DEOHS, SPHCM, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195
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On Fri, 30 May 2008, Tracey Cummings wrote:

> I couldn't understand why pricing of black oil sunflower seeds had
> *doubled*($16.99 to now 32.99 for a 40# bag) so I had to check it out.
> According to
> one website www.fehls.com
>
> "There are two factors that I have seen to increase the demand for
> sunflower seed. First, Lays potato chips no longer uses vegetable seed oil
> to bake their chips, they only uses sunflower seed oil. Second, major
> cities throughout the U.S. are only allowing food to be fried in sunflower
> seed oil.
> As far as the decreased production, at this point, farmers are able to plant
> different crops that produce more money per acre. For instance, corn
> production has been increased due to the auto industries demand for ethanol
> based fuel."
>
> For those who were wondering the same thing . . .
> --
> Tracey Cummings
> Carnation WA - Lake Marcel
> teecummings at gmail.com
>