"Expect fuel surcharges until oil prices drop.... Fresh produce, which relies heavily on truck transportation, is particularly affected by diesel fuel inflation. Elevated transportation costs are contributing to higher delivered costs for fresh fruits and vegetables....Diesel represents roughly 20–25% of total trucking cost per mile, making carriers highly sensitive to fuel spikes. Prices are expected to remain elevated until meaningful normalization of global oil flow occurs, with no near‑term relief expected....Temporary fuel surcharges are in effect on most items and transportation lanes until oil prices ease." (from a press release)

https://www.bluebookservices.com/expect-fuel-surcharges-until-oil-prices-drop/

#Iran #iranWar #foodsupply #inflation

NHK: Price surges caused by Iran conflict hit daily life in Japan

"...Agriculture ministry figures show international prices of urea, a key ingredient of fertilizers, rose more than 50 percent in March from February. About 40 percent of global urea exports come from the Middle East...."

https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/news/20260331_B3/

#foodsupply #supplychain #agriculture

My two bobs worth on the road that we all travel.

An LNG terminal has GOT to be off the table.
Diesel supply has to be top of our fuel requirements .Priority given to farmers and transport companies.
All viable alternatives to fossil fuel need to be considered and built at pace.( except of course Nuclear.) Solar, wind, geothermal, hydro. Includes Energy storage systems. Government investment vs loans to private enterprise.
Public transport to be expanded.
Our rail network electrified. Railway investment in railcars for short travel and Intercity passenger trains for longer routes. Government subsidised if necessary.

Better Government.

#energy
#alternativetooil
#transport
#foodsupply
#politics
#NZPol

WSJ: The Iran War’s Other Energy Shortage—Food

"...The Iran war will constrain the supply not only of oil and gas but of food. Two shocks hit the global food system following American and Israeli attacks on Iran, but only one was widely reported. First, the Strait of Hormuz was effectively closed beginning Feb. 28, day one of the war. Second, on March 18, Iranian missiles struck Ras Laffan Industrial City in Qatar. In both cases, media coverage has focused on petroleum prices. That framing is dangerously incomplete.

The two events compound each other’s effect on the global food supply. ..."

(cw: autoplay of video of orange faced man)
https://www.wsj.com/opinion/the-iran-wars-other-energy-shortagefood-9be83005?st=TQEm4K&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

#FoodSupply #hunger #IranWar

Lots of conversations recently about planting more veg this year to donate, like Plant a Row for the Hungry, as prices rise and the economy goes to 💩, etc.

What vegetables would you focus on for this?

#Gardening #foodsupply #mutualaid

The Russian Cover-Up That Could Break the Global Food Supply Chain

https://youtu.be/8tv4fNNjlZU

#Geopolitics #FoodSupply #InvestigativeJournalism #GlobalEconomy #SupplyChainCrisis #Russia #NewsAnalysis #Agriculture

Earth being ‘pushed beyond its limits’ as energy imbalance reaches record high

The United Nations body confirmed 2015 to 2025 were the hottest 11 years ever measured, but a still bleaker message was that the rising temperature experienced by humans on the surface was only 1% of the faster-accumulating heat in the wider Earth system.

Just wait for it . Don't look up .

#AgeofExtinction #Anthropocene #climatechange #FoodSupply #GlobalHeating #Environment #Earth

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/23/earth-being-pushed-beyond-its-limits-as-energy-imbalance-reaches-record-high

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗵𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻?
Urban consumption and imports are driving 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗶𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗱.
𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: https://www.kenresearch.com/competition-benchmarking/bahrain-edible-oil-market?utm_source=Mastadon&utm_medium=Social&utm_campaign=Aniket

#BahrainMarket #EdibleOil #FoodSupply #RetailGrowth