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oscarfalcon Mar 21

@VeroniqueB99

And following the rules of agricultural economy, produce will be scarce and will cost so much more at the stores, but hey they "owned the libs" right?

@oscarfalcon yuuup!

@oscarfalcon @VeroniqueB99

it's all imported anyways, because.. globalization. All we really grow here in meaningful amounts are the large commodities- soybeans, corn, (some) rice, wheat. That's all the midwest has got the climate to grow anyways. California is a different story. That's where the high value crops ar grown- fruits, nuts, marijuana, herbs, spices. CA got it's shit together way ahead of the other states because we're so much bigger. Failure is not an option, unlike Kansas, etal.

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Bill Mar 21

I didn't like being owned!

François @Jura Mar 21

@VeroniqueB99 then I'd advice them to buy dry toilets and make their own fertilizer.

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Arthur van der Harg Mar 21

@VeroniqueB99 Oh. Well, knowing that much of the world’s fertiliser is made on the far side of the Strait of Hormuz…

lotta bullshit right now in D.C. Maybe they can help make up for some of the deficit?

Arthur van der Harg Mar 21

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @VeroniqueB99 I think that they are even better at making deficits than at making bullshit.

Best mushroom farmers in the world come from D.C.- or end up there..

Mushroom Mecca!

“If the Mountain won’t go to Mohammed, then Mohammed must come to the Mountain”

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Brian Sullivan Mar 21

@VeroniqueB99 I am not sure what the drop dead date is here but possibly already passed, so even if he can get his shit together, he probably can't lift it (apologies to Burt Reynolds for using his line).

@briansullivan @VeroniqueB99

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Jenkins. Tom Jenkins. 🤮🤢🤮Mar 21

@VeroniqueB99 was‘n mit #thoughtsandprayers ?

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@VeroniqueB99 Weird thing when they were laying tariffs on Canada last fall and winter and we were trying to say, you depend on our potash.

mike805 Mar 21

@Alison @VeroniqueB99 Ban oil and gas exports.

Pause ethanol requirements in gasoline.

Pause requirement for diesel exhaust fluid - that is basically fertilizer.

Stop burning food and there might be some to eat.

@mike805 @Alison @VeroniqueB99

Corn shortage only means bellies in Mexico go empty. In the USA it's used for junk food, sugar production, and animal feed. Eat less beef (more chicken, pork) and less junk food/sugar sounds like a winning proposition to me. Ethanol pause in gasoline will never happen- Ethanol is the substitue anti-knock agent for MTBE, which was the replacement for TEL. Ethanol in the gas ain't going nowhere, except in E85 states.

mike805 Mar 21

@Felis_Catus_Domesticus @Alison @VeroniqueB99 Fertilizer shortage means only the most profitable crops get planted, even if some people go hungry.

If there is a shortage of fertilizer then stop other uses for the raw materials, and stop growing corn to make fuel.

It's easier to import beef than animal feed so beef will probably be an expensive import under those conditions.

@mike805 @Alison @VeroniqueB99

@Alison 👍 💯

@VeroniqueB99 No matter the actual current price and availability of fertilizer and diesel, Many of us farmers believe that these are the lowest prices and best chance of delivery we will have for the rest of 2026. Many farmers where I live are trying to take delivery of 100% their petroleum sourced supplies for the entire year right now. This is very unusual.

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@VeroniqueB99

3rd world imports from Latin America will cover a lot of this.. that is the current system anyways, so they'll just crank up production down there as much as they can (whatever that means..) It'll probably plant the seeds of some environmental disaster later on down the road because LA countries are morally irresponsible and greedy to grab for cash first and foremost over all other things- (See: narcotrafficking)

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