Farmers are being asked to plant Millions of acres here in the US to prop up dwindling supplies of corn and soybeans worldwide. The U.S. Department of Agriculture is expecting 15-year lows for corn and 40-year lows for soybean, current pricing for these commodities are $6.40 a bushel and $14 a bushel respectively.
Bad weather in the form of both drought and floods have had a severe effect on some of the worlds food production, add in an ever rising population and you have a recipe for disaster, riots and instability. Here in the US we have seen food prices rise dramatically and package size shrink so we are not immune to this problem, I foresee a rise of backyard gardens this year by some families to start to offset rising food prices.
Below are some additional articles that I have come across in this area.
http://prepology.blogspot.com/2011/01/food-shortages-article.html
http://prepology.blogspot.com/2011/01/us-crop-stockpile-thins-as-weather-and.html
http://prepology.blogspot.com/2011/01/farm-therft-on-rise.html
Prepology
Prepology: Simple definition, the art of survival and being in control of your future to the extent that you can! Life comes at us in both a predictable and un-predictable way and while you can shape it to some extent with the decisions that you make we are still just rolling the dice in the big game of life so lets put the odds in your favor. Oscar.... Your comments, stories or experiences are welcome.
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