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The overall mood of the nation is becoming increasingly sour with
each passing day. The pandemic seems like it is never going to end, the
drama unfolding in Afghanistan is one of the greatest embarrassments in modern
American history, and Joe Biden’s approval rating is sinking like a rock as it
becomes clear that he is completely and utterly
incompetent.
Unfortunately, average Americans
will soon have even more to be stressed out about. As we head into the
fall months, our store shelves are going to be getting emptier, shortages of
products will become more widespread, and it looks like we could potentially
have a very bad harvest season.
I realize that I packed a lot of really bad news into that
paragraph, and some of you may be tempted to think that I am exaggerating.
So let me take this one step at a time. First, I would like
to talk about crop failures. According to the Department of
Agriculture, 63 percent of all U.S. spring wheat is in “poor or very poor
condition”. Last year at this time, that number was sitting at just 6
percent…
Extreme heat is baking most of the U.S. North Dakota, South
Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska all contain areas of extreme drought,
according to data from the U.S. Drought Monitor. North Dakota and Minnesota, in
particular, are experiencing near-record lows in soil moisture, according to
data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
As a result, many crops planted this spring are wilting. Some 63%
of the U.S. spring wheat crop is in poor or very poor condition, versus 6% at
this time last year, according to Agriculture Department data.
So does this mean that agricultural production will be below
expectations?
Yes.
In fact, the USDA is now projecting that levels of corn, wheat and
soybeans will all be “at their lowest level
since 2013”…
The poor weather has caused the USDA to scale back its
expectations for U.S. crop production in 2021—which, in turn, is causing
domestic inventories to dwindle. In the USDA’s latest monthly supply and demand
report, the agency pegged ending stocks for corn, wheat, and soybeans all at
their lowest level since 2013.
Of course this comes at a time when we are also seeing crop
failures in other key areas all over the globe.
For example, we are currently witnessing one of the worst droughts
that South America has ever experienced. Agricultural production has been
absolutely devastated in Brazil, Argentina, and elsewhere, and this is going to
have a huge impact all over the planet.
What this means is that global hunger is going to continue to grow
rapidly, and this is extremely bad news because global hunger has already been
rising at an extremely aggressive rate…
Earlier this month, the humanitarian organization Oxfam released alarming statistics that measured the state
of the food crisis after one year of the pandemic. Every minute, eleven people
on the planet die of hunger. The
number of people experiencing famine-like conditions globally has increased by
six times in the past year.
Many Americans may not care about starving people on the other
side of the globe, but they are going to care very much when their Christmas
celebrations “are ruined” because of severe shortages in the stores.
While she was in Singapore this week, Kamala Harris specifically
warned us about what is coming…
“The stories that we are now hearing about the caution that if you
want to have Christmas toys for your children, it might now be might be the
time to start buying them, because the delay may be many, many months,” she said.
“So across the board, people are experiencing the issue. And, of
course, the climate crisis is fueling a lot of this. When we look at the
stronger typhoons that have disrupted shipping lanes and sea-level rise, which
threatens port infrastructure as an example. So these are the many issues that
are causing these disruptions,” Harris said.
Wow.
When Kamala Harris starts sounding like Calamity Jane, then you
know that it is really late in the game.
Even now, empty shelves and widespread shortages are being
reported all over the nation. Susan Duclos over at ANP has done an excellent job of documenting what is going on out there.
People from around the country have been sending photos to her, and this has
helped her readers to understand that this is not a phenomenon that is just
limited to a few areas.
Unfortunately, this is just the beginning.
The holiday season is expected to greatly exacerbate the
shortages, and it is being reported that “new problems are arising weekly”…
Grocery-store chains are still battling supply challenges that
some executives said are as bad as what they saw in spring 2020, when hoarding
left holes in stocks of some staples.
Industry executives say new problems are arising weekly, driven by
shortages of labor and raw materials. Groceries including frozen waffles and
beverages remain scarce as some food companies anticipate disruptions lasting
into 2022. A wider range of products is running short and logistical challenges
are compounding for many retailers.
Grocery stores are ordering more food like crazy, but we have
gotten to a point where the largest U.S. food distributors simply cannot fulfill all
of the orders…
According to Bloomberg, some of the largest U.S. food distributors
are “reporting difficulties in fulfilling orders as a lack of
workers weighs on the supply chain.” Take distribution giant Sysco, North
America’s largest wholesale food distributor, which is turning away customers in some
areas where demand is exceeding capacity.
Worse, food inflation is about to soar: the company said prices for key goods such as chicken,
pork and paper products for takeout packaging are climbing amid tight
supplies. In particular, production has slowed for
high-demand, labor-intensive cuts like bacon, ribs, wings and tenders, Sysco
said. And if intermediate and final wholesale prices are “rising”, just wait
until they emerge on the consumer side.
Needless to say, my regular readers are not surprised by any of
this, because they were warned in advance that
all of this was coming.
But for most of the U.S. population, the new reality that we are
entering into will come as a major shock.
They had been promised a new golden era of prosperity, but instead
what they are going to get is a nightmare.
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Simply put, becoming the Gray Man is to blend into your surroundings, into
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Becoming the Gray Man is the art of hiding in plain sight, of
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3 comments:
We're seeing this already at our market, especially for pet food & some staples.
Never thought I'd see one prez/party inflict so much damage in such a short time...Our Founding Fathers wouldn't stand for this crap so why are we?
This admin is the most incompetent, feckless band of rats we've experienced in our lifetime-do we need a citizen's 'neighborhood watch' to detain & oust this moron before he completely ruins our country? The jerks in Congress are like much of the media: blind, deaf & dumb to what's happening.
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