them in the store. how high will food price inflation go? i think we re almost at the peak. we think that food price inflation is going to rise to something between 17% and 19% annually in the first part of 2023. and then food price inflation will start to drop off fairly quickly. shortages don t help. bad weather has disrupted supplies of fresh fruit and veg, which we rely on from overseas at this time of year. meanwhile, british growers have been planting fewer crops because of the soaring energy and fertiliser costs. they ve also struggled to get people to pick them. if farmers aren t growing as much produce here, if they re growing different crops or they re just not planting stuff here because it s uneconomic, it s loss making, then we ll have to import more from elsewhere. and that inevitably means inflation, because the cost of doing that is higher. more pressure on food prices, which only seem to be
until we actually encounter them in the store. how high will food price inflation go? i think we re almost at the peak. we think that food price inflation is going to rise to something between 17% and 19% annually in the first part of 2023. and then food price inflation will start to drop off fairly quickly. shortages don t help. bad weather has disrupted supplies of fresh fruit and veg, which we rely on from overseas at this time of year. meanwhile, british growers have been planting fewer crops because of the soaring energy and fertiliser costs. they ve also struggled to get people to pick them. if farmers aren t growing as much produce here, if they re growing different crops or they re just not planting stuff here because it s uneconomic, it s loss making, then we ll have to import more from elsewhere. and that inevitably means inflation, because the cost of doing that is higher.
start to drop off fairly quickly. shortages don t help. bad weather has disrupted supplies of fresh fruit and veg, which we rely on from overseas at this time of year. meanwhile, british growers have been planting fewer crops because of the soaring energy and fertiliser costs. they ve also struggled to get people to pick them. if farmers aren t growing as much produce here, if they re growing different crops or they re just not planting stuff here because it s uneconomic, it s loss making, then we ll have to import more from elsewhere. and that inevitably means inflation, because the cost of doing that is higher. more pressure on food prices, which only seem to be going in one direction for now and that s up. emma simpson, bbc news. so the rate at which food prices are rising will hopefully start to slow down in the second half of this year, and there are consumer experts who think that the competitive
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offering reassurances. this australia deal isn t just important in itself, it s also a key part of important in itself, it s also a key part ofjoining the transpacific partnership. and there are huge opportunities for british farmers in those opportunities for british farmers in those markets which generally have higher those markets which generally have higher prices and more opportunities than markets closer to home. that was obvious than markets closer to home. that was obvious he than markets closer to home. that was obvious he lists than markets closer to home. twat was obvious he lists trusts than markets closer to home. trust was obvious he lists trusts from boris johnson s was obvious he lists trusts from borisjohnson s government. obviously liz trust. in reality, this is very hard to assess yet. the national farmers union president says. the farmers aren t the only ones in the market for some more detail. the head of international trade at the food and drink fede