According to the latest informal Wisconsin­ Farm Bureau Marketbasket survey, the total cost of 12 food items used to host a summer cookout for 10 totaled $66.72, down 4.2 percent from last year’s state average.

The same survey conducted on the national level by American Farm Bureau totaled $67.73 which is 3 percent lower than last year’s national average.

Wisconsin’s $66.72 survey price is more than a dollar less than AFBF’s survey of the same food items. While the cost of a summer cookout remains less than $7 per person, it is the still the second-highest total since the survey’s inception which peaked in 2022 due to supply chain disruptions, inflation and the ongoing war in Ukraine, explains WFBF Public Relations Executive Director Amy Eckelberg.

According to the latest informal Wisconsin­ Farm Bureau Marketbasket survey, the total cost of 12 food items used to host a summer cookout for 10 totaled $66.72, down 4.2 percent from last year’s state average.
The same survey conducted on the national level by American Farm Bureau totaled $67.73 which is 3 percent lower than last year’s national average.
Wisconsin’s $66.72 survey price is more than a dollar less than AFBF’s survey of the same food items. While the cost of a summer cookout remains less than $7 per person, it is the still the second-highest total since the survey’s inception which peaked in 2022 due to supply chain disruptions, inflation and the ongoing war in Ukraine, explains WFBF Public Relations Executive Director Amy Eckelberg.

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