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.