US Growing Season Theory

I just read a few things last night, and then watched the news today. If the futures for corn and wheat and probably soy haven't gone up yet - they will. Soon.

Corn growers have had a cold wet spring, causing them to replant much of their crop. That's expensive.

Rice growers weren't able to even plant due to the same conditions.

Now we have flooding. And not just small spot flooding from a week of steady rain. Big flooding. 300 year flooding. That kind of damage doesn't get fixed when the soil dries. All of its nutrients will have been leached from the soil, making it barely functional for the hardiest of weeds.

That means much of the bread basket is underwater and will be out of prime growing conditions for years. Not just this year.

On the news last night, there was an article about people stealing fuel from farmers. How often they can afford to have a 900 gallon tank drained remains to be seen. But this will be passed on to us either now in higher prices, or later in fewer farmers.

If you have acreage, grow your own food and hay it to sell. It's going to be needed for many years to come.