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.