Posted on 06/15/2022 7:20:50 PM PDT by blam
Last week we noted how US farmer sentiment plummeted in May – as producers have become anxious about their farm’s financial health.
According to the monthly survey by Purdue University/CME Group, The rapid rise in production costs and uncertainty regarding the direction of input prices have been important contributors to the drop in sentiment. About 44 percent of farmers, according to the monthly survey, cited input costs as their biggest concern for the coming year, according to the Epoch Times.
In fact, 60% of farmers predict farm input prices to be at least 30% higher this year compared to 2021.
To that end, Ohio farmer Holly Weilnau took to TikTok two weeks ago in a now-viral video to explain how farmers are suffering under inflated input costs, which is going to send the price of food much higher than it is right now.
“There are things that we have to buy,” she sais, adding “There’s something we have to buy that two years ago cost us $24, last year was about $46, this year it is costing us $96.”
“Please understand, food prices are going to go up,” she continues. “You wanna act like it’s the farmers’ fault—it is not the farmers’ fault. We are barely making it to grow the stuff so you guys are able to get it in August, September, October.”
@hwfaithfit Wake the hell up asap! Us farmers are doing the best we can to grow what you all are going to need, but we legitimately are taking from our own families to feed yours. #wakeup #food #growyourownfood #farmerwife #farmer #fyb #fitnessandfarming #greatreset2030 #freedom ♬ original sound – Holly W “Guys, this is not going away. Stop sticking your head in the sand and thinking ‘oh, it’s going to be okay’ — it’s not going to fuckin’ be okay.“
In a Saturday video, Weilnau relayed a story about another farmer who was unable to lock in diesel pricing for this fall, and was told that it was because of uncertainty amid rapidly rising diesel costs.
“That alone, guys—to fill the tractors and the equipment needed to get the product out of the field—is going to be astronomically bad all the way around,” she said, adding: “So understand, people are like, ‘Oh, plan ahead’—we’re trying. They’re not letting us.”
Oh – and at least as of this writing, Twitter considered Weilnau’s videos “potentially sensitive content.”
This is far from the first farmer to offer a dire warning. Three weeks ago John Boyd Jr., the President of the National Black Farmers Association, said “We are in a crisis right now as far as the food chain goes with the farmer in this country,” adding “We’re going to see a lot of empty shelves and a lot more high food prices.”
In his forty-year career as a farmer, Boyd said he never imagined he would be “paying $5.63 for a gallon of diesel fuel, $900 a ton for fertilizer, and all-time high prices for soybean seeds.” All of the prices he mentioned are at record highs, pressuring farmers’ margins.
He said the American people need to wake up to the crisis in the farming industry, adding, “farming isn’t Republican or Democratic, it’s food, the land is neutral … this is the time the American people need to support the American farmer and put pressure on the Biden administration to put things in place to help farmers.”
He mentioned that banks need to provide emergency funding to farmers to get their crops in the ground. Out-of-control inflation has left some farmers unable to plant because of soaring costs.
Boyd said, “We only have a short window of opportunity to give farmers funding.”
He stated the worst-case scenario is “a lot of shortages” of food that could materialize later this year.
Prepare accordingly.
I order bulk food from Azure Standard, which delivers in most of the US. It started locally in OR and I’ve been ordering from them for more than 15 years.
The last few months there is much out of stock. This month I ordered (more) white (unbleached, organic) flour, and all varieties except one was out of stock. Now I find the one I did order is also out. I tried to get buckwheat for 2 months, hopefully this time it won’t be out of stock.
If anyone wants to check it out, just search “Azure Standard”. They started as a wheat farm, have their own mill, and sold locally. Then they got bigger and bigger. It is run by a family.
“...farming isn’t Republican or Democratic, it’s food, the land is neutral..this is the time the American people need to support the American farmer and put pressure on the Biden administration to put things in place to help farmers.”
Well, for STARTERS we could negate all of Brandon’s ‘energy policies.’ Not sure if anyone has noticed, but the price of OIL controls the price of EVERYTHING ELSE - world wide!
We’re so screwed. This isn’t funny, anymore. Dark days ahead. Literally and figuratively. :(
How many bales/acre do you get ?
There are market gardeners who use little or no equipment and produce a lot of food. The problem is, every 50th person would have to be doing that. They don’t grow commodity crops like corn and soy either.
“The problem is, every 50th person would have to be doing that.”
A little hard to accomplish when barely one out of two Americans even knows where food COMES from - other than the grocery store.
And don’t even get me started on people (rich and poor) who don’t, won’t, can’t, refuse to learn how to cook something as simple as a potato.
When the electricity gets shut off, those people will be in the dark, still punching buttons on the microwave, or be staring longingly at the frozen dinners defrosting in their freezers, LOL!
Ugh!
All of Amazon’s prices have gone up. They sucked Us in with free shipping and very low prices for several years, now they expect us to keep buying from them even though other places are now cheaper. I hope people are paying attention.
Maybe Johnny Cougar can write another song about farmers.
But he only does that when a Republican is in the White House.
And then the helpless ones think they’ll come out to where those who have prepped are and help themselves to others supplies.
What a surprise they are in for.
Suggestions:
-Grow your own as much as possible.
-If you need machinery to plant/tend/harvest, look up how to run said machinery using alternatives such as woodgas, and make sure you have the parts ready to go.
-Have off-grid options for things like cooking, cooling, light, entertainment, etc.
-Learn who among your neighbors has useful skills and can be bartered with.
-Be ready to defend yourself from those who choose violence.
$10 Corn Flakes in 2023.
Just went to a local supermarket today; got a box of blueberries and a box of blackberries and a loaf of potato bread: $19.00
If they don’t plant, you don’t eat.
It was 1500 two years ago.
Around 1 and a half per acre, 65-inch round bales.
It’s probably a hobby farm - did it say what they are “producing?” Real farmers do not have time to make tiktok videos. They are too busy working.
Posts few and far between - https://www.facebook.com/JHWeilnauFarm
Most recent of substance was 2021 - starting meat CSA and accepting 5 people.
Online store https://jh-weilnaufarm.square.site/s/order
Wanna be farmers
Thanks Pollard. That’s what I figured. Selling pies at the “farmer’s” market does not make one a farmer. That makes you a baker that lives on a few acres - lol.
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