The Times tracks several quarterly commodity prices to give consumers a snapshot in time of the agriculture industry.

Included are milk, hay, potatoes and oats.

Minnesota has a strong dairy presence, and hay is an important factor in the operation of any farm with animals.

Potatoes are a staple of the food industry, and oats are consumed by people and animals.

The Times tracks the price of corn and soybeans daily.

Inflation

Inflation was in effect in all four commodities in the agricultural snapshot for 2011.

While the price was not yet final for December, according to the National Agricultural Statistics Service, the price of potatoes increased more than 55 percent to an average of $11.34 per 100 pounds.

That was largely because of a July spike in the price, which had dropped back below $8 through November.

Oats also took a healthy jump, with the price per bushel rising 45 percent to $3.11. Milk increased about 27 percent, to $20.47 per 100 pounds. Thats a 48 percent rise in two years. The price of hay rose just more than 3 percent, to an average of $119 per baled ton of alfalfa.

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