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A new kind of blockade in the Strait of Hormuz, courtesy of the U.S.

From Marketplace, I'm Sabri Benishore.

The price of oil and natural gas are back up after talks between the U.S. and Iran collapsed

and new threats from President Trump.

He said the U.S. would blockade Iranian ports starting at 10 a.m.

Eastern today and intercept any ships passing through the strait that had paid tolls to Iran.

The president had initially posted that the U.S. would be blockading the Strait of Hormuz itself,

but U.S. Central Command says ships will be allowed through as long as they

aren't stopping by Iran. Brent Crude is at $103 a barrel. Grocery prices in this month's

consumer price index are up slightly on average, about 2% compared to this time last year.

But averages have a way of hiding things. You don't see the extremes.

If, however, you take a look at individual food groups, that is where things get interesting,

and you find the bigger numbers that you have probably already noticed yourself on shelves.

Fruits and vegetable prices are up 4% compared to last year. Non-alcoholic beverages are up almost 5%.

And meanwhile, meat and dairy are both down.

Marketplace's Kaylee Wells has more on what's going on.

When it comes to fruits and vegetables, the main culprits are lettuces and tomatoes.

Charlotte Ambrosek teaches economics at the University of Minnesota. They had a lot of

heat and a lot of rain in not the order that they usually like to have those things in.

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