Food prices in Kentucky continue to rise

Food prices across Kentucky continue to rise, increasing 1. 7 percent in the last quarter of 2014.

According the Kentucky Farm Bureau Marketbasket Survey, the cost of 40 basic grocery items averaged $129.14 in the last quarter. It's the seventh consecutive quarter of rising prices and represents an all-time high.

Since 2007, Kentucky's food prices have risen by an average of 3.2 percent a year.

Of the six food groups recorded in the most recent survey— beef, pork, poultry, dairy, grains, and fruits and vegetables — poultry jumped 11.2 percent and dairy rose 7.1 percent over the previous quarter.

This story was originally published January 20, 2015 at 4:17 PM with the headline "Food prices in Kentucky continue to rise."