Beef prices, among the most politically sensitive in the US, rose to a record in April thanks to the smallest cattle herd in 75 years, squeezed by drought and high production costs.Blackvegetable » 24 May 2026, 5:17 am » wrote: ↑
President Donald Trump has floated options to reduce those prices, including suspending the federal fuel tax. But he also has dismissed the economic impact of the war on Americans, saying that his priority is to prevent Iran from accessing nuclear weapons. On Tuesday he said about gas prices: “This is peanuts.”
Tomato prices, meanwhile, surged 33% over the last two months after two winter storms brought widespread damage during the peak of the growing season in Florida — while shipments from Mexico were declining following the Trump administration’s imposition of duties on imports.
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