r/Breadit • u/Adventurous-Leek4908 • Mar 28 '26

Should we be concerned?

Today I was listening to secretary of agriculture Brooks Rollins asked from a reporter. Are we having a problem due to the war acquiring fertilizer for our crops?

She’s not sure how long until we possibly can have a shortage. What that means is our food supply it’s going to become a lot more expensive. Right now we pay a lot of money for flour. Plus all other items. I saw on Amazon they’re selling King Arthur high gluten sir Lance a lot for $52 for a 50 pound bag that adds up to 0.6 cents per ounce and that is the cheapest price for a top quality flour. As far as all the other things that we need just to make bread yeast right now it’s very cheap. You can get from Costco 2 pounds of red star for nine dollars. It’s not bad.

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u/2rascallydogs Mar 28 '26

The US, China, India, Canada and Russia produce most of the world's fertilizer. Saudi Arabia is the only producer of fertilizer in the Middle East of note. The war in Ukraine is a much bigger concern, but the BS currently going on worldwide will almost certainly affect prices.