[Ellendra]

it is hard enough to bring in a paying crop, it is much more difficult to do so without fertilizers or seed crops.

Or fuel to run their tractors.

I know a few farmers who are leaving some of their fields unharvested, because the price they would get from selling it is less than the cost of diesel to harvest it with.

[Tilted Irish Kilt]

Ellendra :" I know a few farmers who are leaving some of their fields unharvested,
because the price they would get from selling it is less than the cost of diesel to harvest it with."

I just heard on RFDTV.com that Canadian farmland has increased in value just this year by 8%.
That's a heII of a way for a farmer to keep up with inflation,.. by selling out !
In Europe, they have had over 2,000 outbreaks of avian influenza which has resulted in more than 50 Million poultry culled from their flocks.