{"id":3806,"date":"2015-06-26T16:05:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:05:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3806"},"modified":"2015-06-26T16:06:01","modified_gmt":"2015-06-26T16:06:01","slug":"texas-food-prices-continue-to-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=3806","title":{"rendered":"Texas Food Prices Continue to Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"

Quarterly food basket increases to $47.63, according to Texas Farm Bureau\u2019s Grocery Price Watch<\/h3>\n

(WACO, Texas)\u2014Protein packs a punch in more ways than one. It\u2019s where consumers are seeing an increase in second quarter grocery prices, according to the latest Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Grocery Price Watch survey. The total cost of the 16-item grocery bill rose about 2 percent to $47.63, up from $46.66 last quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cBeef and poultry are a significant part of consumers\u2019 grocery bills\u2014on the plate and at the cash register,\u201d TFB President Russell Boening said. \u201cCattle herds are still rebuilding after several years of drought, and poultry supplies are tight due to losses caused by avian flu.\u201d<\/p>\n

The survey showed prices for beef sirloin rising to $7.15 per pound from $5.92 last quarter and lean ground beef rising to $4.59 per pound from $3.95. But recent rainfall and green pastures are driving beef expansion, which should eventually ease the price pressure on beef prices at the meat counter.<\/p>\n

Boneless chicken breasts increased to $3.61 per pound, as compared to $3.19 in the first quarter of 2015. Sliced turkey also increased slightly, up to $4.86 from $4.36 last quarter.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrice volatility is to be expected for poultry products, because of the impacts of avian flu in the Midwest,\u201d Boening said. \u201cTexas poultry farmers, however, are taking extreme precautions to prevent an outbreak in the Lone Star State.\u201d<\/p>\n

Grapefruit increased in the second quarter, rising to 90 cents per pound. The 13-cent increase is due in large part to the end of production season. A new crop of citrus will begin harvest in October.<\/p>\n

Of the 16 items surveyed, eight items decreased in price from last quarter: fresh tomatoes, bread, corn flakes, long grain rice, dried pinto beans, vanilla cake mix, milk and ice cream.<\/p>\n

\u201cFood budgets are of high importance to Texas consumers,\u201d Boening said. \u201cAlthough prices rose again this quarter, farmers and ranchers only see a fraction of the higher prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

The TFB Grocery Price Watch is conducted quarterly by volunteer shoppers at grocery stores across the state of Texas. The current survey data was collected by 40 shoppers from June 4-11, 2015. TFB has monitored Texas food prices through its Grocery Price Watch survey since March 2009.<\/p>\n

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Quarterly food basket increases to $47.63, according to Texas Farm Bureau\u2019s Grocery Price Watch (WACO, Texas)\u2014Protein packs a punch in more ways than one. It\u2019s where consumers are seeing an increase in second quarter grocery prices, according to the latest Texas Farm Bureau (TFB) Grocery Price Watch survey. The total cost of the 16-item grocery […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":3807,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-state"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3809,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3806\/revisions\/3809"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}