INDIANAPOLIS When you step into the market at Waterman's Family farm you'll find rows of tomatoes, green beans, cucumbers and peppers. They also grow sweet corn and pumpkins.

The farm has been around since 1978.

"We have expanded and changed a great deal in that time," said Carol Waterman, the owner.

What has also changed is the cost of production.

We have to increase [prices], said Waterman. Fertilizer is up 25 to 30 percent, seed up 20 percent, labor up 15 percent, fuel up 10 percent, repairs up 30 percent these are just approximations, but its what weve noticed ourselves.

Some of those increases have been passed on to customers.

I think customers arent accustomed to that kind of jump in the price of the products, Waterman said. But we cant eat all of that ourselves, or we wont be

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