Could a food shortage be coming? Record diesel prices are crushing Pa. farmers, lawmakers told

Morning Call ^ | 6/15/2022 | Ford Turner

[Sirius Lee]

Bolsheviks gotta Bolshevik!

Nah, it's the other leftism - fascism.

[odawg]

“But when will they rollout and present the replacement system?”

Other than complete and total subjugation of any left, they don’t have one.

[hardspunned]

I drove 100 miles across south central/western Ohio last week along the Ohio River. Normally the thousands of acres of bottomland are abundantly producing corn. The majority of these fields were not planted. I’ve been around here since dirt, can’t recall this happening before.

[Cboldt]

It’s like the old saw of body parts arguing which is most important.

[central_va]

I am stocking up on my supply of canned goods:

[Jane Long]

Could a food shortage be coming?

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Geez…..where has this guy/author, Ford Turner, been???

He’s just now reporting about this?

Late to the party ping.

[central_va]

Other than complete and total subjugation of any left, they don’t have one.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

[Jane Long]

Supply and demand. As some framers go under others make more money and buy the fallow land. Lather, rinse repeat.

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Yeah…..all bought up by CCP and Bill Gates.

Great plan you’re supporting, there.

/S

[central_va]

Those farmers could learn to code. Like we were told to do in the 1990's and then we did and got replaced by Indians H-1B holders. So I have NO SYMPATHY.

We have a service economy so start serving.

[Alberta's Child]

This article is from Pennsylvania. Perhaps you’re not familiar with how it works, but the more likely scenario is that the farmer sells the land to a real estate developer who then builds a giant Walmart warehouse that handles mostly cheap Chinese sh!t.

How is that working out for you?

[frogjerk]

Barley and wheat prices crucial for producing beer are going up, up, up...

[fso301]

“I’ve got a tractor hooked up to my corn planter out here, no diesel fuel, and I can’t afford to get any.”

Something doesn't seem right here. A quick review of agriculture threads seems to indicate that a 300hp tractor pulling a 24 row planter uses about 13 gallons per hour and plants about 30 acres per hour.

I understand contract lead times but if I was a farmer knowing the situation with farm fuel, why would I buy more seed than I could afford to plant?

At $3/gal, farm fuel cost per hour = $39, or $1.30 per acre planted.

At $5/gal, farm fuel cost per hour = $64, or $2.13 per acre planted.

[odawg]

The United States government had thrown countless billions of dollars at Ukraine, has pissed away trillions of dollars in the Middle East and Afghanistan, but will not buy a farmer a tank of diesel to grow the food we live by.

The utter stupidity of our elected officials knows no limits.

The main enemy, the only enemy, according to them, we have to fight is white supremacy. Once that is put down, utopia flows freely throughout the land. History is over.

[hinckley buzzard]

They won’t get anything for soybeans if they can’t afford to plant, fertilize and harvest them.

[Leep]

How are we going to allbe vegetarians if we don’t have any vegetables?

[central_va]

Hey globalists listen up. The only reason the ChiComs have money is because Free Traitors™ gave it to them on a silver platter. I wanted protectionism and tariffs that would have prevented that. Money ($$$$) sent to China after decades of offshoring ( free trade ha ha) was going to come back. Get it yet? Now you a lamenting what you globalist offshoring traitors created.

[central_va]

Stock up, “hick up”

[Leep]

For some reason the TV show Green Acres popped into my mind.

[central_va]

Farmers are the biggest cry babies ever.

[Noumenon]

See also: Machiavelli