article_snippet.sent: Prices rose last year for these items on your kitchen table: .
article_snippet.sent: Though fruits and vegetable prices fell in February, overall prices are expected to rise last year, because of inflation, U.S. Department of Agriculture economist Annemarie Kuhns said.
article_snippet.sent: Fresh fruit prices are projected to rise between 2.5% and 3.5%, and vegetables between 2% and 3%, close to historical average increases, U.S. Department of Agriculture economist Annemarie Kuhns said.
article_snippet.sent: As a result, consumers paid a whopping extra 12.1% for beef and veal in 2014, the USDA reports.
article_snippet.sent: This year's beef and veal prices should rise only by 6% at most, still higher than the 4.1% historical average, the feds project.