date:Aug 26, 2014
ver rising produce prices. However, the California drought has not yet had a discernible impact on national prices, the USDA said.
Much of California remains in an exceptional drought according to the U.S. drought monitor, produced by the National Drought Mitigation Center at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USDA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Fresh fruit and fresh vegetable prices both fell in July, the USDA said. In the summer more produce is purchased and consum