In the market for corn tortilla chips,what would cause a price increase?

A) Doctors tell their patients that tortilla chips are unhealthy.
B) There is a technological advance in tortilla chip production.
C) A fungus kills much of the corn crop in Nebraska.
D) The price of salsa triples.

Corn Crop

The cultivation of corn (maize) plants for use as food, feed, biofuel, and raw materials in agriculture and industry.

Tortilla Chips

Crispy snack food made from corn tortillas cut into triangles and then fried or baked.

Fungus

A group of eukaryotic organisms, which include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms, that live by decomposing and absorbing the organic material in which they grow.