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Agony of Gas Prices Goes Beyond Pumps
San Mateo County Times (CA) – April 18, 2007
… Gas prices will drive food prices up in 2007,
the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research
Service predicted, saying that the consumer price index
for food increased at an annual rate of 2.3 percent in
2006 and will increase 2.5 percent to 3.5 percent "as
retailers pass on higher commodity and energy costs to
consumers." …
Sunny Outlook for Nation's Wheat Crops
Associated Press, Dailies – April 3, 2007
...The Agricultural Department cited several factors
coming together this season for the expected windfall....
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