Matt FrostNov 12, 2022
I don't know what the deal is, but flour is definitely getting harder to get for even what I used to consider high prices. And my online retail options are actually worse right now than ordering from a farm and mill downstate and paying their shipping!
Show threadartsyhonker / KathrynNov 12, 2022

@eleutheros Well, this year has seen:
- widespread drought in North America
- widespread drought in Europe
- war in Ukraine, which is a huge grain producer
- limits on fertiliser exports, and much higher prices for the energy required to make fertiliser
- some countries stopping grain exports

I am not surprised flour is harder to get hold of, in those circumstances.

Show threadartsyhonker / KathrynNov 12, 2022

@eleutheros Even things like "the potato harvest in England was really bad" will have some effect on flour prices: fewer potatoes going to market = people eat something else instead, and that's usually wheat.

Add in animal feed and it's a big deal.

Show threadMatt Frost

@artsyhonker

You're right, of course. I'm just feeling the pinch. And of course, we're also in the time of year where we're finding out how well all of the earlier attempts to accommodate for those factors have worked out. The spring wheat is out, the winter wheat has gone in, and there just is what there is.

Nov 12, 2022 at 7:48pmWeb
Show threadartsyhonker / KathrynNov 12, 2022

@eleutheros I bought 32kg of flour earlier this year, we will probably use it up by next summer. I'm hoping that things are looking better by then!

It still works out cheaper than buying bread, so there's that.

Show threadMatt FrostNov 12, 2022

@artsyhonker

It does, that. This is why when we decided to go all-in on grad school, we also went all-in on me baking our daily bread.