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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Ukraine-Russia war: Tory farming chief says food price rises are 'inevitable'

Significant food price rises are "inevitable" as Russia's war on Ukraine continues to escalate, a top Tory has said.

Environment Secretary George Eustice said there was "quite a lot of turbulence" on agricultural goods due to soaring gas prices, with the cost of wheat "running at around double its three or five year average".

Both Russia and Ukraine are major grain producers but production and exports are being hit hard by the ongoing conflict.

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