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2026-03-23 Economy

Food prices likely to rise as fertilizer exports out of the Middle East are disrupted, experts say

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Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-23 07:27|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1801 views ] Top
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1 But, but, but I thought we led the world in the production of ~~natural gas and crude oil~~ fertilizer.

Posted by Besoeker 2026-03-23 07:34|| 2026-03-23 07:34|| Front Page Top

2 My neighbor will be ticked. He’s really really in to lawn care. Also it might cause a bunch of people to starve.

Posted by Super Hose 2026-03-23 08:28|| 2026-03-23 08:28|| Front Page Top

3 We are Besoeker and the US won't have a shortage. However, in a global market where there is huge demand, prices will go up and other nations try to buy whatever they can including the supply the US produces.

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-23 08:42|| 2026-03-23 08:42|| Front Page Top

4 Isolastion works.

Posted by chris 2026-03-23 09:19|| 2026-03-23 09:19|| Front Page Top

5
"Food prices likely to rise..."

"Likely" was back in 2020.

Coffee has gone from $14.95 to $19.95 = 33.4%

Large DZ Eggs $1.49 to $2.59+ = 73.8%

Wally World Spices were $0.99 now are $1.38 and 10% smaller
= 35%+/- increase.

Snickers Candy bar was $1.38 now $2.39 = 73.8%

16oz Coke was $1.56 now is $2.59 = 66.02

In my Mid-East GA area
Diesel fuel for the delivery trucks has risen from $3.29 to $5.49 = 66.8% a increase in just delivery costs.
Gas $2.34 to $3.79 = 61.9%

Packages are smaller and the contents changed claiming
NEW and Improved (Shrinkflation).

But our various Government Swampers, waste no time increasing the "claimed" new value of our increasingly hard to sell homes to tax us more. Plus still managed to spend $38,000,000,000,000.00 +++ ($38+ Trillion) more than they steal from us to line certain pockets.

They fund our banking system with our Tax $$$$, which then loans our $$$ back to us at 6.5% to 28% + .

But they did give us a whopping 2.8 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) for 2026 to offset all this.
BTW: The 2027 COLA now stands at 0.7 %.

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-23 09:21|| 2026-03-23 09:21|| Front Page Top

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NOTE: Give we have approximately 200 fertilizer production facilities in the United States.

US Fertilizer Plant locations

How much corp Fertilizer does the USA make vs. import?

In 2025 the United States produced 53M tonnes or USD $31.68 billion in 2026. The USA Imports 1/5th of total US usage.

In 2025, the main origins of United States' Fertilizers imports were: Canada ($3.63B), Russia ($1.58B), Saudi Arabia ($438M), Qatar ($430M), and Israel ($271M).= $6.34B

So of that $6.34B only $1.139B comes from the Middle East. Or about 3.59% of the Total USA import.

The Real question is.
What will the Fertilizer Producers try to Scam the US Farmers/ Agriculture producers for?

Posted by NN2N1 2026-03-23 09:46|| 2026-03-23 09:46|| Front Page Top

7 Also cutting off roughly 27% of the world supply of helium - not on everyone's radar yet ...

Posted by Clem+Elmish4239 2026-03-23 09:55|| 2026-03-23 09:55|| Front Page Top

8 I've a solution to all your Hormuz related problems - lynch some environmentalists.

Posted by Grom the Affective 2026-03-23 10:33|| 2026-03-23 10:33|| Front Page Top

9 ^^ Grom I second the motion

Posted by DarthVader 2026-03-23 11:02|| 2026-03-23 11:02|| Front Page Top

10 About American natural gas — someone needs to get slightly creative. From Fortune:

Natural gas prices in Texas plunge deep into negative territory and producers are burning it off, while the rest of the world braces for shortages

Posted by trailing wife 2026-03-23 11:07|| 2026-03-23 11:07|| Front Page Top

11 Note to everyone that didn't grow up on farms. You can grow food without it. Just not as much of it.

But then again there is manure and crop rotation.

Posted by Woodrow 2026-03-23 13:04|| 2026-03-23 13:04|| Front Page Top

12 As cattle herds shrink and beef prices rise, investors back AI cow collars

Posted by Skidmark 2026-03-23 17:19|| 2026-03-23 17:19|| Front Page Top

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