Russia just joined China in STOPPING their exports of fertilizer.

This news underscores my report from yesterday, Farmers Panic, Can’t Get Supplies to Grow Food — meaning things are going from bad to worse:

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Russia plans to impose a six-month quota on some fertilizer exports to safeguard local supplies and limit costs for farmers after the energy crisis sent nitrogen nutrient prices soaring.

The move -- covering exports of nitrogen and complex fertilizers containing nitrogen -- comes as nutrients prices have surged globally as soaring gas prices boost production costs and force some plants to cut production. That risks curbing harvests in the year ahead and accelerating food inflation.

European farmers have already voiced concern about securing fertilizer supplies for the spring, when they’re applied to grain fields to boost yields and quality. French farm groups said last month nitrogen prices have tripled and there’s a risk of shortages to come. China has also curbed exports to ensure enough domestic supply.

“A Russian export quota will tighten further global markets already scrambling for supply,” said Alexis Maxwell, an analyst at Green Markets, a business owned by Bloomberg. “Russia’s close proximity to the U.S. has meant it is a growing nitrogen supplier to the U.S.”

#fertilizer

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/russia-slap-quotas-fertilizer-exports-131808345.html

Australian farmer warns urea supply crisis could halt normal life within weeks

- AdBlue needed for diesel vehicles — half of all trucks on Australian roads run on diesel (along with a quarter of all registered vehicles.)
- Fertilizer for food:

“'Not only will we not be able to grow cattle and we will not be able to grow food and we will not be able to grow grain or anything like that, but even if we could, we can't move it, because we can't turn a wheel in a truck because we have no Adblue,'

As of February we might not have a truck on the road in Australia, we might not have a train on the tracks.

'So quite literally the whole country comes to a standstill as of February.'

#fertilizer #Australia

https://www.msn.com/en-au/news/australia/farmer-reveals-the-terrifying-reality-of-australia-s-urea-shortage/ar-AARGHto

Rolling out the sewage for crops. Disgusting.

“In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.

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“The market for manure — from pigs, horses, cattle and even humans — has never been so hot, thanks to a global shortage of chemical fertilisers.”

… and THIS is part of why they want to eliminate animal agriculture!

“Just ask Andrew Whitelaw, a grains analyst at Thomas Elder Markets based in Melbourne, Australia, who runs a commercial pig farm in his spare time. Whitelaw said that he has completely sold clean of animal waste, as farmers hunt for alternatives to the more commonly used phosphate- and nitrogen-based fertilisers that are vital to boosting crop yields.

“We don’t have any left,” he said. “In a normal year, you’d probably get a couple phone calls a year, not a couple of phone calls a week.”

The demand for dung is playing out globally. In Iowa, manure is selling for $40-$70 per tonne, up about $10 from a year ago and the highest levels since 2012, according to Daniel Anderson, assistant professor at Iowa State University and a specialist on manure.

In the UK, not only are farmers scrambling for animal compost, but many are even trying to get their hands on treated sewage sludge containing human excrement, or biosolids.

#AnimalAg #fertilizer

https://www.businesslive.co.za/bloomberg/news/2021-12-10-the-world-is-desperate-for-manure-amid-fertiliser-shortage/

Fertilizer Inflation Contributing to Higher Food Prices

Food prices are expected to rise going into 2022, and one major contributing factor is the rising price of fertilizer. The American Farm Bureau Federation stated that all nutrients had risen dramatically in cost over the last year: ammonia has increased over 210%; liquid nitrogen has increased over 159%; urea is up 155%; MAP has increased 125%; DAP is up over 100%, and potash has risen above 134%. This does not include the growing cost of transportation.

IAF: It is becoming economically infeasible to produce food…by design.

#FoodsPrices #fertilizer #Inflation

https://www.armstrongeconomics.com/armstrongeconomics101/inflation/fertilizer-inflation-contributing-to-higher-food-prices/

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

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