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19. We could regulate that if we had a functional Congress...

Sun May 22, 2022, 01:47 AM

May 2022

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But we don't thanks to Addision "Mitch" McConnell & friends who would much prefer chaos because it makes it easier to profiteer and plunder.

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A food insecurity expert predicts that there's only 10 weeks of wheat supplies left in the world as [View all] NickB79 May 2022 OP

Flour hoarding begins in 3... 2... 1... truthisfreedom May 2022 #1

I stocked up months ago. Igel May 2022 #11

You sound well-prepared Marthe48 May 2022 #41

It'll be temporary. Igel May 2022 #57

Thank you for the reassurance Marthe48 May 2022 #59

same here gay texan May 2022 #56

25 lb. bag of wheat was added to my CostCo shopping list. n/t aggiesal May 2022 #15

We will be using six dollar gas to drive to buy ten dollar bread. Chainfire May 2022 #2

I've got 6 million 1923 Deutsche marks Marthe48 May 2022 #43

I have a $100T Zimbabwe note. roamer65 May 2022 #65

Is that 100 trillion? Marthe48 May 2022 #67

Yup 100 trillion dollars. roamer65 May 2022 #68

Here are the 10 countries with the most wheat production: DURHAM D May 2022 #3

I believe India dweller May 2022 #4

Since they are not in the top ten exporters, Mr.Bill May 2022 #5

#2 dweller May 2022 #7

#2 of producers, yes, but not even in the list of exporters, which was the point being made. Rabrrrrrr May 2022 #27

India is going through an extreme heat drought wnylib May 2022 #31

Why India Just Limited Wheat Exports DURHAM D May 2022 #6

Climate change is killing their wheat crop IronLionZion May 2022 #8

Just for clarity, that 2nd list is value in dollars muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #21

+10 Thanks nt reACTIONary May 2022 #48

I think Canada produces, and exports, more wheat per capita than any other country Bernardo de La Paz May 2022 #24

lol Lets do the Macaroni DURHAM D May 2022 #34

Apart from Lithuania and Latvia, from the list in #21 muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #50

Cool! Bernardo de La Paz May 2022 #55

K n R ! Thanks for posting another... JoeOtterbein May 2022 #9

Last time this happened (winter of '47), all the celiacs marybourg May 2022 #10

+1. You found the positive in all this. Hoyt May 2022 #13

Corn and rice flours might become more important now. wnylib May 2022 #32

Farmers are planning on planting more soy than corn womanofthehills May 2022 #63

Plant corn the way that Native Americans did it. wnylib May 2022 #64

"exports" is the key consideration. Running out of exported wheat doesn't affect all countries. Pobeka May 2022 #12

They will export it if they can get a higher price ToxMarz May 2022 #14

But the price of wheat will skyrocket in the US Kablooie May 2022 #17

We could regulate that if we had a functional Congress... NullTuples May 2022 #19

About 70% of US wheat is winter wheat radical noodle May 2022 #30

Yes, the headline is extremely negative, wrong and must have been designed to be click-bait. machoneman May 2022 #44

Admittedly, it won't be a devastating situation for most of the world. 70sEraVet May 2022 #49

"Wrong"? No, that's hasn't been shown , at all muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #51

145 countries are net importers of wheat muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #52

While wheat scarcity is a real issue in parts of the world, this smacks of market manipulation. Fiendish Thingy May 2022 #16

I tend to agree with you Farmer-Rick May 2022 #29

I am heading out to buy toilet paper. twodogsbarking May 2022 #46

I'm guessing that as soon as there was a threat Igel May 2022 #58

You can bet McConnell and his rats are meeting, and talking about how to make this worse. C Moon May 2022 #18

and blame Biden Demovictory9 May 2022 #26

And Clinton, then Obama, then Pelosi.................................... machoneman May 2022 #45

This message was self-deleted by its author luvtheGWN May 2022 #60

No. They're meeting to figure how to luvtheGWN May 2022 #61

I'm just glad Big Oil does not control wheat production. KY_EnviroGuy May 2022 #20

Only if you think that oil prices have no bearing on wheat production and delivery costs... Ford_Prefect May 2022 #22

Or the planting and harvesting thereof. callous taoboy May 2022 #23

Also, many pesticides are petroleum based and making fertilizer uses lots of natural gas Hugh_Lebowski May 2022 #40

I posted this a month ago regarding what is a bit of a distortion of reality BumRushDaShow May 2022 #25

As the son of a farmer, this post really doesn't understand farming at all NickB79 May 2022 #28

You can't be serious. twodogsbarking May 2022 #33

Shocking, right? NickB79 May 2022 #35

'Shocking, right?" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #37

"this post really doesn't understand farming at all" BumRushDaShow May 2022 #36

No, I understand all that NickB79 May 2022 #38

We are on the same page BumRushDaShow May 2022 #39

The Biden admin. seems to be leveraging a cash incentive here. Akoto May 2022 #70

Russia is not in Europe. luvtheGWN May 2022 #62

"Russia is not in Europe." BumRushDaShow May 2022 #66

We do not import Ukrainian wheat. No need to hoard anything. Just please stop Lettuce Be May 2022 #42

Just please stop thinking that if the USA is OK, then the USA can't talk about a world problem muriel_volestrangler May 2022 #53

I'm more worried about the millions of poor in Third World nations that will starve to death NickB79 May 2022 #54

I bought a bunch of pasta, rice, and beans imavoter May 2022 #47

Funny flour story: I ordered from Kroger last night Marthe48 May 2022 #69