I will find a way Professor who we always there are no simple answers but here are 10
reasons grocery store food prices will keep Rising fertilizer foul up what is this powder fertilizer
when you think about the world's many pressing problems you probably don't think
about fertilizer however there are experts that have been sounding the alarm about the growing
problems with chemical fertilizer a shortage of the chemicals used to make crop fertilizers
threatens to exacerbate food shortages the rising cost of these fertilizers is one of
the reasons behind Rising food prices nitrogen potassium and phosphorus-based fertilizers have
helped greatly expand crop yields and feed many more millions of people around the world these
crucial chemicals are produced in different places around the world but an increasingly
big manufacturer is China unfortunately for other countries the communist country stopped exporting
the fertilizers when it realized its supplies were dwindling the other two big suppliers are Ukraine
and Russia and their ongoing War continues to disrupt both countries production and shipment of
the chemicals used to make fertilizers fertilizer prices have skyrocketed as a result as much as
78 percent since 2021 and this will continue to affect food prices for everyone if Farmers stop
using these expensive fertilizers crop yields will drop which would also lead to higher prices low
energy remember one thing that is more than just a tanker of gas that is our lifelines unfortunately
prices are up on both gasoline and Diesel and part of the reason is a drop in oil production
policies put in place by the U.S government over the past year and a half have contributed to
a decrease in oil exploration and Drilling in the United States Russia and Ukraine are also
big player in the global energy market and as long as the war continues to hurt production
and shipments there will be greater uncertainty about the global supply of oil Rising inflation
has also been a growing problem over the last year and a half because it dips into everyone's
wallet this means prices are up across the board and not just for consumers Trucking and railroad
freight companies are also filling the pinch as both are paying quite a bit more for fuel air
freight is relatively expensive in good times and now airlines are paying a lot more for jet
fuel than they were a year ago Transportation costs have gone up across the board making this
one of the reasons grocery store food prices will keep Rising gas prices have fallen recently but
this might actually be a bad sign as some experts think the lower prices reflect decreased Global
demand horn in a hole surprise get that gun out of my face the line between food and energy is
blurring in the United States as more and more corn is used to make ethanol instead of being
used for food production as much as 37 of the corn grown in the United States will never make
it to your table because it's turned into fuel ethanol is mixed with a lot of the gasoline you
buy at the pump because the mixture produces a cleaner burning fuel ethanol might be a good
idea but every ear of corn that ends up in your car's gas tank is an ear of corn that cannot
be eaten a lot of us like food and don't like math but when it comes to Corn the numbers are
clear the decision to use a lot of corn to produce biofuel has decreased the amount of corn available
to food manufacturers to make a whole host of products from cornbread to corn oil with less
corn available to make food corn prices have risen one of the frustrating things about corn prices
rise is that it is mostly self-inflicted with a conscious choice to use a significant amount of
the corn crop for energy rather than food perhaps this policy made more sense when food and energy
prices were substantially lower than they are Today weed killer woes what's that herbicide
most of us have never heard of glyphosphate and until recently there was no reason why we should
have heard of this boring sounding chemical however this boring sounding chemical is an
effective weed killer used by Farmers around the world this and other weed killers allow Farmers
to produce more crops than they would otherwise be able to because glyphosphate is such an effective
weed killer Farmers all around the world have become dependent on it to protect their crops
there were fears in 2021 that the cost of the active ingredient in this product which is mostly
made in China would double in a short period of time in 2021 a gallon of glyphosate in the U.S
cost about 11 but in 2022 the cost has gone up to 20 dollars a gallon there are several factors that
account for the serious price jump for weed killers one is the ongoing labor shortage at
many ports around the world that don't have enough workers to unload the ships or drive the delivery
trucks this large price increase has put a lot of pressure on farmers who were already struggling to
make a living Farms like other businesses often have no choice but to pass on their increased
costs to Consumers and this is one of the reason grocery store food prices will keep Rising WTO
WTF tell me what is the very best that you can do the World Trade Organization is supposed to
help make life better for people around the world but sometimes it just makes things worse the WTO
apparently has the authority to limit the amount of Wheat and corn stockpiles countries can keep on
hand this rule is supposed to help smaller less competitive countries compete with the likes of
the United States and the European Union even if the international organization means well
the wto's rule is hurting a lot of people by artificially limiting the supply of basic foods
that are available to eat available stockpiles of grains like wheat and corn could be the difference
between starving and not starving for people in poorer countries but it isn't just the WTO
Whose actions have impacted the food supply some countries have decided to take matters into their
own hands in December of 2021 Argentina was one country that decided to cap its wheat and corn
exports to protect its itself from food shortages this was an important step because Argentina is
the world's second largest exporter of corn the United States is the largest Argentina is the
largest exporter of wheat to Latin America food is a serious business and countries are taking steps
to protect their populations fever pitch we tried that with swine flu and all we did was get healthy
people scared over the last three years it's been pretty hard to escape the global pandemic this has
gotten an unprecedented amount of media attention and has affected the lives of billions of people
around the world however there is a lesser known disease that has caused a lot of problems in the
global food chain two and a half years ago China was in the middle of a deadly and destructive
outbreak of a strain of swine flu the disease ravaged the country's Pig population and put
a lot of farmers out of business the effects of swine flu drove up the price of pork on the world
come on Saturday markets but it also succeeded in driving up the price of corn Chinese Farmers used
to feed their pigs with swill which is pretty much whatever scraps of food the pig Farmers
have on hand this questionable source of pig feed is believed to have led to the outbreak of swine
flu so farmers have switched to corn to feed their pigs and this has contributed to the steady rise
in corn prices for everyone and there is no sign the price will be coming down soon where's the
beef steaks cooked medium rare can I get my steak cooked I want no question anyone who shops at
grocery stores knows that the price of meat like so many other things has risen considerably over
the last year inflation is one of the short-term reasons for price increases but there are other
reasons grocery store prices will keep Rising the pandemic and shutdowns led to a number of
meat processing plants suspending operations for weeks at a time a Wendy's commercial that aired in
the 1980s featured a grumpy elderly woman who kept asking where's the beef if the character appeared
in a commercial today she would probably be happy instead of grumpy she would learn that there were
more people eating beef around the world than ever before as people in developing countries raise
their standards of living they're eating more meat this includes chicken beef and especially
pork most nutrition experts consider this increase in protein consumption from meat to be a positive
development the protein and Mead is of a higher quality than the protein from other sources such
as beans however there are others who see this development in a decidedly negative light because
they argue meat production puts too many stresses on the environment the war economy needless War
a war chosen by one man to be very blunt the Russian invasion of Ukraine in January
2022 has caused a lot of death and destruction and has also caused serious disruptions to the
global food supply Ukraine is often called the breadbasket of Europe because of its massive
wheat and corn crops Ukraine grows more than 10 percent of the world's wheat Supply Russia is also
a big grain exporter and accounts for almost another 20 percent both countries ability to
provide these crucial crops to feed millions of people has been severely hampered by the ongoing
conflict in April 2022 agricultural commodity prices hit near record levels and will likely
go even higher if the war drags on for many more months or even years the price of wheat has risen
110 percent over the last year and the price of corn has increased by an astonishing 140 percent
wheat and corn are grains used in countless products from breakfast cereal to cookies and
pasta all of these products are facing price increases as the commodity prices rise food
prices were already going up before Russia invaded Ukraine but the fighting has severely disrupted
Ukraine's Agriculture and the operation of its Black Sea ports a quick end to the war
would help stabilize world markets and ease price increases going dutch welcome to the Netherlands
I'm in the Netherlands right now yep it's a little hard to believe but the small country
known as the Netherlands is the second largest food exporter overall after the United States and
the top exporter of meat in Europe although China produces more food than the US it doesn't export
as much because it needs a lot of it for domestic consumption Dutch Farmers started protesting their
government's plan to reset agricultural production in the country Farmers driving tractors disrupted
roads distribution centers and ports the angry Farmers rallying Cry of no Farms no food should
concern everyone the government insists its plan is meant to address global warming but Farmers
see it as a mortal threat to their livelihoods the plan to reduce nitrogen oxide and ammonia
emissions in the name of environmentalism could devastate the Dutch farming industry a decline
in agriculture in the Netherlands would put a lot of pressure on an already precarious Global food
supply perhaps Dutch officials and green activists haven't considered the actual consequences of
their ambitious plans they don't seem to realize that shutting down farming will be one of the top
reasons grocery store food prices will keep Rising the Netherlands should have seen the unrest coming
because a similar plan was actually implemented in Sri Lanka and the resulting chaos brought
down the government red lines if you've been to the grocery store in the past week or so you've
probably noticed the bare shelves during the shutdowns many of us had the memorable experience
of waiting in lines to go inside grocery stores so we could do our usual food shopping this was
not a pleasant experience and should have reminded or at least taught everyone how important and how
precarious the global food supply chain really is continue to disruptions of this crucial sector of
the world's economy will likely have very negative consequences in the United States
lines disappeared pretty quickly and even though hoarding Behavior occurred it was also short-lived
however in 2022 many areas are still experiencing some shortages and food prices continue to rise
the trucking industry is one of the most important components of the economy that was ravaged by
the shutdowns and mandates trucking companies are still experiencing a serious driver shortage that
is likely to last for years container ships had adequate Crews but many of them sat idle at ports
for weeks at a time understaffed Port facilities were often overwhelmed and the backlog filled
the docks with thousands of shipping containers many of The Kinks in the supply chain have been
worked out but it's still not working the way it was before the pandemic adding fuel to the fire
is the price of gasoline and Diesel because both are up significantly over the past year
these increased fuel prices have contributed to higher costs all along the supply chain