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Agriculture Secretary: Drought Won’t Affect Food Prices This Year

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Food prices may go up next year, but for now the severe drought conditions should not have an immediate effect on prices at the grocery store according to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack. “The prices and the impact of a drought will probably not likely be…

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