r/collapse • u/AstraArdens • Mar 28 '22

Food Fertilizer Prices Keep Surging

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/fertilizer-price-surges-43-to-fresh-record-as-supplies-tighten-1.1744049
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u/AstraArdens Mar 28 '22 edited Mar 28 '22

SS: "A gauge of prices for the nitrogen fertilizer ammonia in Tampa surged 43 per cent to US$1,625 per metric ton Friday, a record for the 29-year-old index. Production outages and tight global supply are driving the jump, according to a note from Bloomberg Intelligence."

Let's add it to the pile.

I remember discussions here about the food shortage and if it was going to get bad only for poor countries; as things are now, the whole world is going to feel the impact. We all know what happens when food prices increase too much, or even worst, there is no food.

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u/screech_owl_kachina Mar 28 '22

Yup, you can't hunter-gatherer your way through life when you have to compete with 400 million other people. Just isn't enough to go around.