A basket measuring the inflation rate for farmers would: multiple choice 1 be difficult to create because not all farmers are the same. have to include international comparisons since food is shipped all over the world. exclude many of the goods nonfarmers normally buy but include fertilizers and seeds. include many of the goods nonfarmers normally buy but also include fertilizers and seeds. The BLS does not calculate the price levels for a market basket approximating the purchases of farmers because: multiple choice 2 it is hard to define who is really a farmer. most farmers live in urban cities. less than 1 percent of the current American population are farmers. farmers do not keep very good records. of their purchases.