I personally think once food prices start going up, it's going to be across the board. There's a lot of other stuff going on in addition to the drought. Inflation won't spare any food items unfortunately. :(

It is likely that anything corn related is going to go up, as well as any other crops adversely affected by this drought. We personally are investing in any seeds we will need as possible substitutes, we are still in a severe drought but we collect rain water for the plants and are trying to figure out the best way to setup a grey water system for at least part of the garden. I'm also working on stocking my freezer with meat, and stocking the pantry with canned corn, which we use a lot of. I let this drought sneak up on me, normally I bulk buy the canned goods when they go on sale, but we only bought half of what we normally do our last trip to the store.

I agree with across the board increases. The drought is affecting corn, soy, fruit, veggies and lack of feed grains and hay will seriously affect meat, milk and egg production. Then there's the issue of ethonol. When gas prices go up everything goes up so its a double whammy.

I've added margarine to my prep list. Dh uses a ton of it and it freezes fine. I found a bowl of light margarine in the bottom of my freezer that was at least 5 years old and once thawed it was just the same as fresh from the store. I'm also looking at buying as much meat as possible in the next couple of months. Chicken breast is $1 a pound at HyVee and pork roasts $1.69 # at Fareway until Tuesday. I hope I get the chance to shop. Dh had surgery last Wed., then we had an ER trip on Friday so unless I feel I can leave him alone long enough to shop after work on Monday or Tuesday, I'll miss these sales...and I'm hoping I can even go to work!!

Ann-NWIOWA,PRaying for your husbands recovery, and that you will be able to go to work tomorrow.