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Corn and Soybean Farmer Says Americans May See Grocery Bills Increase $1,000 a Month
Star News Network ^ | March 4,2022 | by Debra Heine

Posted on 03/04/2022 11:25:42 AM PST by Hojczyk

“Soaring fertilizer prices are likely to spike food prices,” Riensche told host Tucker Carlson. “If you’re upset that gas is up a dollar or two a gallon, wait until your grocery bill is up $1000 a month. And it may not manifest itself in terms of price, it could be quantity as well. Empty shelf syndrome may just be starting.”

“I’m sorry, I just wanted to make sure I heard you correctly. Up $1000 a month?” an incredulous Carlson asked.

“Sure,” Riensche replied. “The price of growing my crops, or the major crops, corn, soybeans, wheat, rice, cotton are up 30 to 40 percent. They are on my farm. And most of it is fertilizer. Nitrogen prices are up three times from the last crop we put in. Phosphorous and potassium have doubled.”

“The planting season in the northern hemisphere is just weeks away. There is no miracle technology that can cut that in a half or a third,” he said. “It’s a pretty fixed formula. For me to grow an acre of corn on my farm, I need 200 pounds of nitrogen, 200 pounds of phosphorus, and 100 pounds of potash [fertilizer potassium].

Riensche told Carlson that it remains to be seen how this plays out, and speculated that some farmers may opt to “switch to other crops that produce less.”

He said the main culprit is the price of natural gas. “It’s the key stock of most fertilizer inputs,” he explained. “But then we’ve got supply chain rules that came from the pandemic, a few hurricanes that knocked down some supply sources.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; Russia
KEYWORDS: biden; energy; fertilizer; food; foodprices; gas; inflation; natgas; oil; oodaloop
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1 posted on 03/04/2022 11:25:42 AM PST by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

So, branDUHn’s plan is going just as intended.


2 posted on 03/04/2022 11:27:55 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: Hojczyk

It’s a perfect storm of bad news......................


3 posted on 03/04/2022 11:28:16 AM PST by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Hojczyk

So that’s why Bill Gates bought so much farmland and is now the #1 farmland holder in USA


4 posted on 03/04/2022 11:30:37 AM PST by Mount Athos
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To: Hojczyk

This scare tactic will ensure that that prediction comes true as people start hoarding food.


5 posted on 03/04/2022 11:31:55 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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They have got us by the short hairs every way from Sunday.

Just saw this video by a guest on Joe Rogan re digital currency:

https://youtu.be/Ek09mI2QslM


6 posted on 03/04/2022 11:32:14 AM PST by beaversmom
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To: Hojczyk

Farmer told me today that corn is up over 7 a bushel and soybeans over 16.


7 posted on 03/04/2022 11:32:30 AM PST by crz
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To: Red Badger

The other day I heard on the radio how the host was suprised that March did not come in as a Lion as the weather was pleasant. Well, in every other aspect it has.


8 posted on 03/04/2022 11:34:15 AM PST by frogjerk (I will not do business with fascists)
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To: Hojczyk

Shotguns will soon be considered garden supplies.


9 posted on 03/04/2022 11:34:24 AM PST by ArcadeQuarters (Remember the 2020 backstabbers. No more RINOs ever!)
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To: Hojczyk

Time to demand the Biden Maladministration rescind ethanol requirements that are causing needed food to be wasted as a fuel supplement.


10 posted on 03/04/2022 11:34:29 AM PST by MercyFlush (DANGER: You are being conditioned to view your freedom as selfish)
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To: Hojczyk

Urea is a low cost nitrogen fertilizer form. This is because of its high nitrogen composition and consequent low transport and storage costs. Urea may be the fertilizer of choice when only nitrogen is needed in a soil fertility program.

https://extension.usu.edu/yardandgarden/research/urea-a-low-cost-nitrogen-fertilizer-with-special-management-requirements#:~:text=Urea%20is%20a%20low%20cost,in%20a%20soil%20fertility%20program.


11 posted on 03/04/2022 11:34:51 AM PST by Carriage Hill (A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
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To: Hojczyk

Victor Davis Hanson said the same thing last night


12 posted on 03/04/2022 11:35:21 AM PST by Guenevere (When the foundations are being destroyed what can the righteous do t)
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To: Hojczyk

That means..

Well let’s just say there are some who won’t be paying that for long.


13 posted on 03/04/2022 11:35:39 AM PST by redgolum (If this is civilization, I will be the barbarian. )
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To: Red Badger

It’s a perfect storm of bad news.......
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Ukraine and Russia supply huge wheat, barley….close to 50 percent, well, Ukraine lost a growing cycle and Russia signed an agreement to supply Russia with it’s grain…..and Russia supplies huge amounts of fertilizer ( could not document amounts), throw in a bad weather year in America and yes, Johnny, severe food shortages can happen here the the old USA….looks like Martin Armstrong was correct- again.
Keep your eyes open for any moves made by Senile Joe to mess with our food/ ag/ farming industry….he screws up everything he touches.


14 posted on 03/04/2022 11:37:30 AM PST by delta7
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To: Hojczyk

oil
fuel
fertilizer

Good luck sports fans.

Biden has screwed us so bad, folks won’t believe what’s next.


15 posted on 03/04/2022 11:38:13 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: Hojczyk
That mean old man is not tweeting as president any longer.

Who cares about the rest. Our democracy is saved I tell ya!

16 posted on 03/04/2022 11:39:47 AM PST by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance to the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: rktman

It ain’t his plan, as we all know. But the plan is working


17 posted on 03/04/2022 11:42:18 AM PST by qaz123
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To: All

Stop using corn in gas and soda


18 posted on 03/04/2022 11:42:30 AM PST by escapefromboston (Free Chauvin)
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To: qaz123

LOL! I know. He can’t plan his ‘grampers’ change out times.


19 posted on 03/04/2022 11:43:36 AM PST by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: MercyFlush
"Time to demand the Biden Maladministration rescind ethanol requirements that are causing needed food to be wasted as a fuel supplement."

That is the first comment that I have agreed with you on a long time.

Ethanol is naturally corrosive to engine components like rubber hoses and seals. Turning food into fuel is evil and callous.

20 posted on 03/04/2022 11:44:36 AM PST by WMarshal ("No war for communism"What a fan of the swap you are)
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