Law set to go into effect that could cause egg shortages in Massachusetts - 90% eggs to become unavailable

Anyone in Massachusetts who still enjoys bacon and eggs for breakfast may be forced to opt for a healthier meal as of the new year. [IAF: subtext: animal source foods aren't healthy? relentless, untruthful propaganda!] That's unless state lawmakers reach a last-minute deal to prevent new restrictions that could prohibit the sale of most eggs and pork products in the state.

A ballot question overwhelmingly approved by Massachusetts voters in 2016 tied humane treatment of chickens and hogs to the sale of eggs and pork products, beginning in 2022. Few farms meet those standards.

The egg industry predicts chaos, as 90% of available eggs in Massachusetts may become unavailable come January 1 if the law is not amended before then.

"I don't want Massachusetts families to have to pay upwards of $5 per dozen of eggs come Jan. 1," said State Sen. Becca Rausch (D-Needham), one of six members of a committee appointed to negotiate a compromise. "That will be unaffordable to droves of Bay Staters."

Even if a last-minute deal is reached, changing the law while lawmakers are meeting only in informal sessions would require no objections from any member of either body.

#AnimalAg #WarOnMeat #FoodPrices

https://www.nepm.org/show/and-another-thing/2021-12-14/law-set-to-go-into-effect-that-could-cause-egg-shortages-in-massachusetts

Russia considering wheat export quota of 9 million tons

Russia, one of the world’s biggest wheat exporters, has been taking steps to slow sales abroad to curb domestic food inflation. It’s also introduced a floating tax on grain exports, though the measures have had limited effects on total seasonal volumes.

However, the decision will be closely watched in the global wheat market, which is facing increasingly tight supplies after crops around the world were hit by droughts, frost and heavy rain.

Benchmark prices in Chicago reached a nine-year high last month.

Watch #wheat …

#FoodPrices #Russia

https://www.bworldonline.com/russia-considering-wheat-export-quota-of-9-million-tons/

South Korea: food prices jump 5% YoY

The price of food surged five percent on-year in Korea in the third quarter of the year, the fifth-highest rate of growth in the OECD, according to Statistics Korea on Sunday.

The price of eggs surged 51.6 percent, pears 45.2 percent, apples 34.6 percent, garlic 28.1 percent and persimmons 27.67 percent.

That was the steepest rise behind Turkey (27.6 percent), Columbia (11.2 percent), Australia (10.6 percent) and Mexico (eight percent).

#SouthKorea #FoodPrices

http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2021/12/06/2021120600965.html

Europe Certifies Crickets, Worms, And Grasshoppers As Edible Food Amid Soaring Food Prices

A staggering 6.8% surge in consumer costs is the highest in four decades, making things like food unaffordable because wages haven't kept pace with inflation. The same is happening for households worldwide.

With that in mind, households are likely to substitute popular holiday foods with low-cost items. There's even a chance that some might resort to eating bugs and worms.

[IAF: AS IS THE PLAN! ]

#FoodPrices #Inflation

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/food-inflation-grinch-spoils-christmas-cheer

Farmers facing exploding input prices (and shortages).

#FoodPrices #Inflation

GRAINS-Wheat and corn up over 20% in 2021, soybeans edge to third year of gains

U.S. corn, wheat and soybean futures were set to post yearly gains, with strong demand and supply constraints in some key production areas of the globe underpinning the markets throughout 2021.

Corn futures Sv1, which have jumped 23.4% this year, have paced the grain markets, supported by increased feed usage by livestock as well as a rebound in the ethanol sector as drivers returned to the roads due to easing COVID-19 restrictions. The corn market has risen for four years in a row.

Wheat futures were up 20.6% for the year and were on track for their fifth straight yearly gain and their biggest since 2010. Crop problems in Australia and worries about export curbs in Russia have supported the wheat market throughout 2021.

Soybean futures, which hit their highest level since 2012 in May, were up just 2.4% for the year, as a bumper harvest in the United States and good growing weather in Brazil have pressured prices during the fourth quarter.

#Corn #soybeans #Wheat #FoodPrices

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/grains-wheat-and-corn-up-over-20-in-2021-soybeans-edge-to-third-year-of-gains

Interview with Marjory Wildcraft is dropping now! Join the stream:
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Building Food Security through Community - Marjory Wildcraft

As supply chain disruptions and fertilizer shortages disrupt the "mainstream" food supply, Marjory Wildcraft joins the Ice Age Farmer broadcast to discuss how and why YOU must work within your community to stand up a local, de-centralized, regenerative, abundant "alternative" food system. This is not just about growing food (although it does that better than industrial farming!), but is also a key method to thwart the technocrats' planned "Great Food Transformation" intended to render us wholly dependent on their lab-grown meat and insect protein. We discuss how to craft a project plan, how to build support within the community, finding land and setting up the space, and how to leverage volunteers. You CAN do this!

FULL SHOW NOTES: https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/01/03/building-food-security-through-community-marjory-wildcraft/

youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtnwReH24Ls
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#iafvideo #FoodPrices #FoodShortages #Community #Solutions

Cole the Cornstar shares how his bill for fertilizer & seeds has exploded year-over-year — this is real, and farmers can NOT absorb these kinds of costs.

This is part of the Great Food Transformation to destroy farming and ranching, and force people into dependency on the technocrats. Grow your own, with your own compost! Start now!

#Fertilizer #FoodPrices #WarOnFarms #SupplyChain

full video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HP9oP09wars

World food prices hit 10-year high in 2021

World food prices jumped 28% in 2021 to their highest level in a decade and hopes for a return to more stable market conditions this year are slim, the U.N.'s food agency said on Thursday.

"While normally high prices are expected to give way to increased production, the high cost of inputs, ongoing global pandemic and ever more uncertain climatic conditions leave little room for optimism about a return to more stable market conditions even in 2022," FAO senior economist Abdolreza Abbassian said in a statement.

Crop futures have seen volatile trading at the start of 2022, with oilseed markets stirred by drought in South America and floods in Malaysia.

#FoodPrices

https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/world-food-prices-hit-10-year-peak-2021-2022-01-06/

Italians Face More Expensive Spaghetti After Pasta Costs Soar
Pasta increased after price of durum wheat soared last year

#Wheat #FoodPrices

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-01-12/italians-face-more-expensive-spaghetti-after-pasta-costs-soar

50% Surge in Fertilizer Prices Adds $128,000 in On-Farm Costs for 2022, Finds Texas A&M Study

As the nation struggles to recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, a number of supply chain disruptions continue to wreak havoc on agricultural input markets, both in terms of availability [!!] and cost of inputs. In the case of fertilizer, prices have exploded over the past year

As farmers furiously try to price and source fertilizer ahead of the spring rush, a new report from the Texas A&M Agricultural and Food Policy Center (AFPC) shows supply chain disruptions are wreaking havoc on nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous prices, costing feedgrain farms the most.

#Fertilizer #FoodPrices

https://www.agweb.com/news/crops/corn/50-surge-fertilizer-prices-adds-128000-farm-costs-2022-finds-texas-am-study

Hungary puts price caps on staple food items to “fight inflation” (because price controls are so good at … causing shortages!) ahead of election.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said his government has ordered a cap on the cost of six basic food items to help temper the impact of spiraling inflation as the nation prepares for its most closely contested election in more than a decade. The price of sugar, flour, sunflower oil, chicken breast, pork leg and milk with a fat content of 2.8% must be sold at Oct. 15 price levels in all stores starting next month.

#FoodPrices #Hungary

https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/orban-caps-staple-food-prices-to-fight-inflation-ahead-of-vote

Wow: Benchmark Malaysian #PalmOil futures rose past 7,000 ringgit/tonne on Wed. The 6,000-mark was first reached just a week ago, the 1st 5,000 in October.

Palm oil is the most widely used vegetable oil. Prices have spiked w/ most sunflower oil trade (15% of vegoil total) offline.

#FoodPrices

“UK Woman stops eating to afford feeding her child” — while these headlines are sad, it seems they are more about tugging on heartstrings to justify the concepts of Nutritional Security, i.e. food as UBI (Universal Basic Income), and push the zeitgeist forward into mindset of food scarcity.

#UK #FoodPrices

https://www.thesun.co.uk/fabulous/18596099/cost-of-living-food-bills-skip-meals-tea-ellen-auckland/?rec_article=true

Bird Flu Outbreak Plunges US Egg Production To 7-Year-Low

Bloomberg reports the production of US eggs in April plunged as millions of egg-producing hens were slaughtered to mitigate the virus' spread. The latest data from the USDA shows egg production fell 3.9% to 7.55 billion, while the number of egg-laying birds dropped 5.3% from a year ago.

https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/us-egg-production-hits-seven-year-low-amid-bird-flu-outbreak

#BirdFlu #FoodPrices #USA