Posted on 03/12/2022 8:03:03 PM PST by Mount Athos
With the elites poking at the Russian bear and trying to get us into World War III but in a way where they think none of us gets hurt, we are now facing food shortages.
That could mean possible monthly grocery costs rising by $1,000.
It’s the beginning of crop planting time. Crops need fertilizer. And through the brilliant mechanisms of globalism, guess where we get a lot of our fertilizer?
Russia. They provide two-thirds of the world’s supply.
And they’re temporarily shutting down their fertilizer exports.
So there’s one more log being added to the out-of-control inflation fire.
“We’re going to get hit on every front, on every expense possible,” Oklahoma farmer Ben Neal told Ingraham, “From fertilizers to fuel to labor, insurance – everything in between [including] our packing supplies.”
Neal’s farm operates on a farm-to-market business model, so he has direct fuel costs for transportation. But every farmer essentially faces the same thing – crops need to be transported to processors and final markets and there are increasing fuel costs to power the trucks, trains, barges and ships that make that happen.
But that’s the harvest. Right now there’s the problem of planting the crops in the first place, with their attendant fertilizer.
Already experiencing inflation, Neal predicts fertilizer will drive his costs up by about 25 to 30 percent, “And I think that will soon be reflected at the grocery stores … on top of what we’re already seeing.
Costs further along the supply chain for processing, packaging, transporting, distributing and general retailing may have their own inflation issues which bump prices beyond the 25-30 percent fertilizer cost increases Neal predicts for his farm.
So with costs for fuel and everything else going up, there’s no telling where prices will end up without Russian fertilizer.
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Just pulled a corned beef package out of my deep freeze from 2014. 2.59 a lb. it’s on the stove even as we speak.
In my day there were no “picky eaters” you either ate what was in front of you or you went hungry. Picky eating IMHO is a symptom of spoiling.
When there is true famine in this country caused by demonrat globalist policies, there will be no more picky eaters.
My generation, yes. Our children, yes. But our grandchildren have been spoiled, and I'm not going to be the one to unspoil them.
“I can only imagine what parents are going through right now with feeding, clothing, educating their kids.”
That is what we keep thinking—we are old and our needs are minimal so we are ok—I don’t know how working families with kids are gonna get through this.
“The market will adjust. New sources of fertilizer will be found. Fallow land will be put into production.”
The problem is that the adjusting and new sources can not be done quickly. Most Americans don’t have a clue about the importance of natural gas as feed stock for fertilizer production, to say nothing about all the other things that begin with natural gas. Too bad the White House decided natural gas is too harmful to bother producing much of it.
I have grandchildren as well and they have not been spoiled so it can be done. was done for generations. spoiling is a great disservice to children and the adults they will become.
You’re a day early.
I ended up in a town that has an Aldi so I stopped in there and grabbed a chuck roast for $4.99 which is cheaper than anywhere else and cheaper than a flat cut corned beef brisket. I already had the prague powder and pickling seasoning. Pickling season is many years old but had the seal on it and smelled like spices.
Stuck the roast in brine yesterday afternoon. Instructions say to flip it over after 24hrs though I don’t know why. I have it held down with plates. So thanks for posting because I just flipped it and probably would have forgotten otherwise.
Will be interesting to see how it comes out. Probably like a nice flat cut. Did a deer leg roast once which is why I had the prague powder. Being venison, it was strong but tasted corned.
The way it stands right now the South americans had a less than stellar crop. It is unlikely the Ukraine will plant a crop in a timely manner if at all (they should be planting in about a month) That leaves the US to produce the majority of the world food exports. One glitch in our crop and this could lead to global food shortages. Extremely high prices at the best, famine in some 3rd world countries at worst.
Fallow land will be put into production
I have a lot of land in CRP right now and if they want this in production this year they better be telling us now! planting season is in 2/4 weeks.
I also avoid our local Walmart on Sundays. It's like being in a market in Bombay...packed, kids running loose, check out line, even with self-check in 30 minutes.
I'm tired of dealing with worry warts. Sure, prices are going up, which isn't good. But being all twitterpated over "food shortages"? Not in the US. I've driven through much of our country, and seen the great farming areas. For example, I remember driving to school in Spokane, driving through Eastern Washington, the world's sixth largest wheat producer.
Shortages of fertilizer are a concern, but I have great confidence that our nation's farmers will find alternative sources, albeit with less efficiency than chemical fertilizers.
I'm tired of Chicken Littles.
I'm tired of Chicken Littles.
You clearly didn't grow up on a farm and worked on a farm like I did in Central Iowa. You really don't know what you're talking about. New fertilizer sources don't just pop up overnight, and they most certainly don't scale up to this country's needs overnight either!
With the country's farmers largely dependent on China and Russia production and export for it, it is a FACT that yields in this country will be DOWN this year, and that's under ideal conditions - without a drought - without flooding - without other conditions that affect crop yields negatively even in a good year when fertilizer is plentiful.
Those who are concerned aren't Chicken Little's, they're pragmatists and informed people who know that their food comes from a farm, not the damn' grocery store where it appears like magic overnight.
I appreciate your perspective, FRiend. I just think people are overwrought by these looming shortages.
I taught my children through example how to raise children, but they are adults now, and unless they do something really stupid, I try to refrain from telling them how to raise their own kids. It’s not my call.
When the grandchildren are around me, they know that certain behaviors are required, but in the brief time I have with them, I choose not to fight with them over food.
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