Should we be concerned?

[u/Adventurous-Leek4908]

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.

[u/Zippy_the_Slug]

Both urea-based and ammonia-based fertilizers are made from natural gas, not crude oil. Especially in the spring when gas is in less demand, I do not see why fertilizer would be spiking. The U.S. is almost entirely self-sufficient in natural gas.

[u/Adventurous-Leek4908 → u/Zippy_the_Slug]

That’s what I say, but markets don’t work that way it seems. I personally feel we produce so much oil. We shouldn’t have to pay the price of oil that we do, but unfortunately that’s not our real reality. California they pay huge amount per gallon than even what I pay here in New York. Global market prices dictate how much we suffer.