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To: dennisw

Why is there a potato shortage.


6 posted on 06/18/2022 10:11:09 AM PDT by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: ifinnegan

Processing, packaging, and shipping problems mainly.

Also, slight decrease in American production for past couple years, combined with higher cook-at-home demand.

China and India, not surprisingly, are biggest producers.


10 posted on 06/18/2022 10:19:18 AM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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To: ifinnegan
Lots of reasons, but a big one is monoculture industrial agriculture which is over reliant on a handful of high yield varieties which respond well to chemical fertilizers like potash, which is in short supply and nitrogen, which requires natural gas to manufacture.

Guess who is throttling efficient production of both?

11 posted on 06/18/2022 10:19:37 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (The politicized state destroys aspects of civil society, human kindness and private charity.)
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To: ifinnegan
Why is there a potato shortage.

Blame the Irish.

15 posted on 06/18/2022 10:43:15 AM PDT by null and void (We're trapped between too many questions unanaswered, and too many answers unquestioned...)
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To: ifinnegan

“Why is there a potato shortage.”

It’s the Brits. They’re at it again.


24 posted on 06/18/2022 1:09:22 PM PDT by dljordan
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