PORTLAND, Ore. — If you've been feeling like your grocery bill has been getting higher, you're not imagining it. Wholesale prices for vegetables recently experienced their biggest jump in decades.

Prices spiked nearly 40% from June to July. That's the sharpest summer jump in nearly 40 years. That doesn't mean your grocery bill went up overnight, but it sets the stage for higher prices in the fall, according to experts.

The average basket of produce jumped from $228 in June to $317 in July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That's nearly $100 more in just a month.

So what's behind the spike? Experts point to new tariffs on imports and ongoing labor shortages that make harvesting crops more difficult.

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