Crop prices rise 7.7 percent amid soggy harvest

Crop prices jumped nearly 8 percent in October as rainy weather delayed harvests across the Midwest. Farmers are still getting paid much less for their crops compared with a year ago, when global food shortages pushed grain prices to record highs. But the farm prices of corn, wheat and milk jumped this month, according to a report Friday from the Agriculture Department.

By: By Christopher Leonard, The Associated Press , The Jamestown Sun