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Although grocery shopping at the supermarket feels slowly normal, your total counter is probably not feeling that way. After a year ofHalgrocking grocery price in the backdrop of aglobal pandemic, we are not completely clear yet. In reality,Groceries are dead-high right now.

Nevertheless, grocery sales for the week ending June 19 were15% compared to 2019.Drought,High grain price, anddelivery time Certainly not helping things. But could another problem increase even more food prices? We will take a look. (In touch:This is the best supermarket in America, a new survey indicates)

Seven Western States-Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon and Utah-are currently victims of an "exceptional drought". In some locations, temperatures are up to 17 degrees above average and heat is not only drying of soil and plants, but also a strain on water resources, according to theU.s. Monitor of drought. In Oregon, certain conditions are "among the driest dating back to 1895."

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Drought has an impact on farmers, livestock and vegetation. SpeakNew York Times:

"In New Mexico, farmers along Rio Grande have been invited not to plant this year. Crop failures have been reported in Colorado and other areas of agriculture. The level of Lake Mead, L 'Huge reservoir of the Colorado River, is so low that Arizona, Nevada and other states will probably face reductions in supplies. In the North Dakota, breeders are trucking water and food. Additional for their livestock because the courses are so dry and the vegetation is compromised. "

Moving to combat rising prices,Grocery stores are in stock stocks. Walmart, during this time, hascommitted to keep costs low this summer In order to ask customers who are eager to get out of their homes over a year after the start of the pandemic. However, theThe Wall Street newspaper previously reported that leaders anticipate "the highest price increases in recent memory".

"Although strong inflation for certain goods and services may be transient, the reversal of prices for food staples such as beef, pork and milk could be extended by the effects of severe drought", "The newspaper is Danny Dougherty and Peter Santilli wrote earlier this month.

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