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A couple of Examples:In Greenville, Texas, Crew Cut Lawns, a landscaping and lawn care service with $180,000 worth of equipment and four gas-guzzling Suburbans, has raised prices 5 percent and stopped offering free irrigation estimates to outlying callers.

At American Tire Inc. shop in Wheeling, W.Va., Tom Fredericks has doubled his $5 charge for road service calls to fix flat tires. He said he may also have to increase prices for tires, which are made from oil.

Connie’s Pizza, a Chicago-based chain that makes about 10 million pies a year, has a fleet of 60 delivery trucks that use a total of $10,000 to $12,000 in gas per week, president Marc Stolfe said.

The company charges a $2 delivery fee. But because of the run-up in gasoline prices, that no longer covers the overhead costs, Stolfe said. So far, he has yet to raise the delivery charge for fear of losing business.

My thoughts are that the shipping of cattle over long distances is going to kill the pay price for Cattle.
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