100,000 Italian farms are on the verge of closure due to skyrocketing production costs brought about by the conflict in Ukraine, major farming association Coldiretti said in a report this week.
#WarOnFarms #Italy
https://www.rt.com/business/552751-italy-farms-risk-closure/
#WarOnFarms #Italy
https://www.rt.com/business/552751-italy-farms-risk-closure/
RT
Number of EU country’s farms at risk of closure revealed
Thousands of farms in Italy are on the verge of closure due to rising production costs amid the conflict in Ukraine, a farmers’ group says
Ukraine conflict could spark food riots in poor countries – WTO
Many African nations depend on food supplies from the Black Sea region
“The conflict in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia from Western countries are driving up global food prices, as Black Sea ports used to export grain remain blocked. The situation could lead to hunger and food rioting in poor countries, where food security depends on imports, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the Guardian on Thursday.
“I think we should be very worried. The impact on food prices and hunger this year and next could be substantial. Food and energy are the two biggest items in the consumption baskets of poor people all over the world,” Okonjo-Iweala said, adding that “it is poor countries and poor people within poor countries that will suffer the most.”
Okonjo-Iweala specified that Russia and Ukraine provide 24% of global supplies of wheat, noting that food imports from the Black Sea region were crucial for survival for 35 African countries.
https://www.rt.com/business/552667-ukraine-conflict-food-riots/
Many African nations depend on food supplies from the Black Sea region
“The conflict in Ukraine and sanctions against Russia from Western countries are driving up global food prices, as Black Sea ports used to export grain remain blocked. The situation could lead to hunger and food rioting in poor countries, where food security depends on imports, the head of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala told the Guardian on Thursday.
“I think we should be very worried. The impact on food prices and hunger this year and next could be substantial. Food and energy are the two biggest items in the consumption baskets of poor people all over the world,” Okonjo-Iweala said, adding that “it is poor countries and poor people within poor countries that will suffer the most.”
Okonjo-Iweala specified that Russia and Ukraine provide 24% of global supplies of wheat, noting that food imports from the Black Sea region were crucial for survival for 35 African countries.
https://www.rt.com/business/552667-ukraine-conflict-food-riots/
RT
Ukraine conflict could spark food riots in poor countries – WTO
Soaring food prices due to the conflict in Ukraine could lead to hunger and food rioting in poorer nations, World Trade Organization says
Maine potato growers expecting hit after Belfast fire
Latest example of spontaneous combustion of our food supply: see #fire tag:
The large fire at a potato processing plant in Belfast is expected to have ripple effects across Maine’s agriculture industry.
The Penobscot McCrum plant processed Maine-grown spuds into products sold around the country.
A fire tore through the building Thursday morning, destroying the facility and leaving the 138 people who work there without a job.
Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, said the loss of the plant will have a negative impact on the state’s potato growers. “There are producers across the state who have contracts with the plant who may need to make adjustments to their 2022 growing plans after the fire.
https://www.wabi.tv/2022/03/27/maine-potato-growers-expecting-hit-after-belfast-fire/
Latest example of spontaneous combustion of our food supply: see #fire tag:
The large fire at a potato processing plant in Belfast is expected to have ripple effects across Maine’s agriculture industry.
The Penobscot McCrum plant processed Maine-grown spuds into products sold around the country.
A fire tore through the building Thursday morning, destroying the facility and leaving the 138 people who work there without a job.
Don Flannery, executive director of the Maine Potato Board, said the loss of the plant will have a negative impact on the state’s potato growers. “There are producers across the state who have contracts with the plant who may need to make adjustments to their 2022 growing plans after the fire.
https://www.wabi.tv/2022/03/27/maine-potato-growers-expecting-hit-after-belfast-fire/
WABI 5
Maine potato growers expecting hit after Belfast fire
The Penobscot McCrum plant processed Maine-grown spuds into products sold around the country.
“We are at the onset of a global famine of historic proportions. In a staggering defiance of logic, many US politicians are still attacking the lifeblood of our own energy production infrastructure, looking to score political points against “the other team,” blaming price-taking producers of global commodities for gouging, threatening producers of energy with windfall profits taxes, resisting calls to remove bureaucratic hurdles to new production, and refusing to open an introductory physics textbook to help guide them through the suite of policy choices that require true leadership to get right. They remain stuck in an endless loop of platitudes, blamestorming, corruption, and ignorance.
https://doomberg.substack.com/p/farmers-on-the-brink
https://doomberg.substack.com/p/farmers-on-the-brink
Doomberg
Farmers on the Brink
We are at the onset of a global famine of historic proportions.
Unprecedented cold spell in Cyprus destroys potato crop:
Potatoes fall victim to war and weather
“A frost wave in March is unprecedented.”
It has also proved deadly.
“Approximately 70 per cent of aggregate potato production in Cyprus has been destroyed and the crop left relatively intact is of subpar quality,” he said.
#cyprus #GrandSolarMinimum #GlobalCooling
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/03/27/potatoes-fall-victim-to-war-and-weather/
Potatoes fall victim to war and weather
“A frost wave in March is unprecedented.”
It has also proved deadly.
“Approximately 70 per cent of aggregate potato production in Cyprus has been destroyed and the crop left relatively intact is of subpar quality,” he said.
#cyprus #GrandSolarMinimum #GlobalCooling
https://cyprus-mail.com/2022/03/27/potatoes-fall-victim-to-war-and-weather/
Cyprus Mail
Potatoes fall victim to war and weather | Cyprus Mail
A series of late frosts will cost potato producer Avraam Venizelos dear Sitting at Peristerona's kafeneio just opposite the church of St Barnabas and Hilarion, I take a quick caffeine fix with Avraam Venizelos, a Cyta pensioner turned potato producer, who…
BEIJING, March 25 (Reuters) - China’s pig farmers, suffering record losses due to surging feed costs and weak hog demand, are switching to lower quality grain from pricier soymeal and even selling off assets in a bid for survival.
The pain across the world’s largest hog market, however, could last until next year, said analysts, shrinking incomes across China’s rural economy and likely reducing imports of soybeans and meat by the world’s top buyer for a second year.
#WarOnMeat #China
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-hogs-idUKL2N2VS0HS
The pain across the world’s largest hog market, however, could last until next year, said analysts, shrinking incomes across China’s rural economy and likely reducing imports of soybeans and meat by the world’s top buyer for a second year.
#WarOnMeat #China
https://www.reuters.com/article/china-hogs-idUKL2N2VS0HS
U.S.
RPT-China's hog farmers face long slog in return to profit
China's pig farmers, suffering record losses due to surging feed costs and weak hog demand, are switching to lower quality grain from pricier soymeal and even selling off assets in a bid for survival.
Fertilizer prices spike 43% to fresh record high as supplies tighten. Rising costs of farm inputs will continue to send food prices soaring.
#fertilizer #FoodPrices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-28/fertilizer-price-surges-43-to-fresh-record-as-supplies-tighten
#fertilizer #FoodPrices
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-03-28/fertilizer-price-surges-43-to-fresh-record-as-supplies-tighten
Bloomberg.com
Fertilizer Price Surges 43% to Fresh Record as Supplies Tighten
Fertilizer prices continue to spike to records as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine puts a massive portion of the world’s fertilizer supply at risk, adding to concerns over soaring global food inflation.
New ECASH bill would quickly advance digital currency and replace cash. Similar bills working through in EU:
#cbdc
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/28/22999894/ecash-act-digital-currency-us-congress-bill
#cbdc
https://www.theverge.com/2022/3/28/22999894/ecash-act-digital-currency-us-congress-bill
The Verge
A new bill would launch a large-scale test of digital dollars
It could complement a separate Federal Reserve program.
Arkansas joins Georgia in “bird flu” emergency. Note exemption based on faulty PCR test, which forces people to test their birds, ensuring the “outbreak” will continue to grow via false positives.
ie They are now using the COVID “testdemic” script to destroy animal agriculture. Heavens to Betsy, man.
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“Under the emergency rule, it is prohibited to exhibit poultry and domestic waterfowl or move poultry or domestic waterfowl from or within an affected area.
“Poultry and waterfowl cannot be sold, bartered, traded, auctioned, or given away at fairs, swap meets, auctions, flea markets, and similar events and locations within an affected area.
“Poultry with commuter agreements or premovement avian influenza testing by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen capture are exempt from this provision.”
https://talkbusiness.net/2022/03/arkansas-department-of-agriculture-activates-avian-emergency-rule/
#BirdFlu
ie They are now using the COVID “testdemic” script to destroy animal agriculture. Heavens to Betsy, man.
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“Under the emergency rule, it is prohibited to exhibit poultry and domestic waterfowl or move poultry or domestic waterfowl from or within an affected area.
“Poultry and waterfowl cannot be sold, bartered, traded, auctioned, or given away at fairs, swap meets, auctions, flea markets, and similar events and locations within an affected area.
“Poultry with commuter agreements or premovement avian influenza testing by polymerase chain reaction (PCR) or antigen capture are exempt from this provision.”
https://talkbusiness.net/2022/03/arkansas-department-of-agriculture-activates-avian-emergency-rule/
#BirdFlu
Talk Business & Politics
Arkansas Department of Agriculture activates avian emergency rule - Talk Business & Politics
As further mitigation against confirmed cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in surrounding states, the Arkansas Department of Agriculture’s Livestock & Poultry Commission has activated the Arkansas Avian Influenza...
Sri Lanka: Chicken feed shortage drags down eggs production by 40%, stops small farms:
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The poultry industry is yet again faced with a shortage of chicken feed which has affected the availability of eggs in the local market.
According to the All Island Poultry Association (AIPA), egg production has contracted by about 40 percent.
Due to the increased cost of feed, the MAJORITY of small-scale farms have halted operations, AIPA President Ajith Gunasekera told Mirror Business.
#SriLanka #Poultry #WarOnMeat
https://www.dailymirror.lk/business/Chicken-feed-shortage-drags-down-eggs-production-by-40%25/215-233594
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The poultry industry is yet again faced with a shortage of chicken feed which has affected the availability of eggs in the local market.
According to the All Island Poultry Association (AIPA), egg production has contracted by about 40 percent.
Due to the increased cost of feed, the MAJORITY of small-scale farms have halted operations, AIPA President Ajith Gunasekera told Mirror Business.
#SriLanka #Poultry #WarOnMeat
https://www.dailymirror.lk/business/Chicken-feed-shortage-drags-down-eggs-production-by-40%25/215-233594
www.dailymirror.lk
Chicken feed shortage drags down eggs production by 40%
The poultry industry is yet again faced with a shortage of chicken feed which has affected the availability of eggs in the local market.
South Europe fears livestock culls as Ukraine conflict prompts feed shortage
Ukraine is a major global supplier of animal feed, stocks of which are falling fast across import-reliant southern Europe. With Hungary, Serbia and Moldova also banning exports as they safeguard their own supplies, costs for farms like Ferrari's have spiked, threatening their future. Many face culling animals if the situation doesn't improve quickly.
"I hear growing reports of farmers slaughtering their animals, but I want to avoid that," said Elisabetta Quaini, who keeps 1,300 cows for beef and milk production on her farm in Lombardy, northern Italy. "I'm determined to keep going, but I am very worried."
"It's not just corn, it's also soya and numerous by-products that are hard to find. There is a tremendous fight to get hold of what is available."
Michele Liverini, vice-president of livestock feed producer Mangimi Liverini S.p.A., said if dairy cows were slaughtered it would take seven to eight years to build up a barn to produce milk again.
#WarOnDairy #WarOnMeat #PostAnimalEconomy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-europe-fears-livestock-culls-as-ukraine-conflict-prompts-feed-shortage/ar-AAVeXCY
Ukraine is a major global supplier of animal feed, stocks of which are falling fast across import-reliant southern Europe. With Hungary, Serbia and Moldova also banning exports as they safeguard their own supplies, costs for farms like Ferrari's have spiked, threatening their future. Many face culling animals if the situation doesn't improve quickly.
"I hear growing reports of farmers slaughtering their animals, but I want to avoid that," said Elisabetta Quaini, who keeps 1,300 cows for beef and milk production on her farm in Lombardy, northern Italy. "I'm determined to keep going, but I am very worried."
"It's not just corn, it's also soya and numerous by-products that are hard to find. There is a tremendous fight to get hold of what is available."
Michele Liverini, vice-president of livestock feed producer Mangimi Liverini S.p.A., said if dairy cows were slaughtered it would take seven to eight years to build up a barn to produce milk again.
#WarOnDairy #WarOnMeat #PostAnimalEconomy
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/south-europe-fears-livestock-culls-as-ukraine-conflict-prompts-feed-shortage/ar-AAVeXCY
UK: Another huge fire at animal feed facility
Massive blaze destroys animal feeds firm Rumenco, in Derby Road, which is a leading national and international supplier of high quality animal feed solutions.
This is just the latest in “Spontaneous Combustion” of food production facilities — see the #fire hashtag.
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-03-31/large-fire-breaks-out-at-burton-upon-trent-animal-feed-factory
Massive blaze destroys animal feeds firm Rumenco, in Derby Road, which is a leading national and international supplier of high quality animal feed solutions.
This is just the latest in “Spontaneous Combustion” of food production facilities — see the #fire hashtag.
https://www.itv.com/news/central/2022-03-31/large-fire-breaks-out-at-burton-upon-trent-animal-feed-factory
ITV News
Burton animal feed factory fire 'accidental', say investigators | ITV News
Firefighters from at least five stations attended the blaze at an animal feed factory in Burton, which investigators have now said was started accidentally | ITV News Central
Bread prices in Poland could quadruple
Supply disruptions from Russia and Ukraine, which account for 30% of the world’s wheat exports and 20% of corn exports, have been driving up global food prices. In Poland, bread costs may quadruple by the end of this year, according to the head of the opposition Civic Platform party, former Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“The fate of all Polish families to a large extent this year depends on how you manage to help the Polish farmers,”
European farmers have been staging mass protests over exploding prices for energy and other critical commodities like fertilizers. The German Farmers Association has warned that bread could soon cost €10.
#Poland #FoodPrices
https://www.rt.com/business/552974-bread-prices-poland-quadruple/
Supply disruptions from Russia and Ukraine, which account for 30% of the world’s wheat exports and 20% of corn exports, have been driving up global food prices. In Poland, bread costs may quadruple by the end of this year, according to the head of the opposition Civic Platform party, former Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
“The fate of all Polish families to a large extent this year depends on how you manage to help the Polish farmers,”
European farmers have been staging mass protests over exploding prices for energy and other critical commodities like fertilizers. The German Farmers Association has warned that bread could soon cost €10.
#Poland #FoodPrices
https://www.rt.com/business/552974-bread-prices-poland-quadruple/
RT
Bread prices in Poland could quadruple – former FM
Bread prices in Poland could quadruple – former FM
UK Sleepwalking Into Food Crisis As Fresh Produce Set To Vanish From Supermarkets
“We are now in an unprecedented situation where the cost increases have far outstripped a grower's ability to do anything about them," said Jack Ward, head of British Growers.
#UK
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/uk-sleepwalking-food-crisis-fresh-produce-set-vanish-supermarkets
“We are now in an unprecedented situation where the cost increases have far outstripped a grower's ability to do anything about them," said Jack Ward, head of British Growers.
#UK
https://www.zerohedge.com/commodities/uk-sleepwalking-food-crisis-fresh-produce-set-vanish-supermarkets
Zerohedge
Zerohedge
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
Minnesota poultry sales and exhibitions temporarily banned for 31 days
“Due to multiple detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) [Bird Flu]in Minnesota and surrounding states, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health is issuing a 31-day statewide ban on all poultry sales and exhibitions effective Friday, April 1 through Sunday, May 1. The ban includes all poultry community sales, swaps, fairs, exhibitions and other events where poultry and susceptible birds are brought together. The current H5N1 HPAI outbreak in Minnesota poses a high risk to poultry but low risk to the public and there is no food safety concern for consumers.
#BirdFlu #usa
https://www.bah.state.mn.us/news_release/minnesota-poultry-sales-and-exhibitions-temporarily-banned-for-31-days/
“Due to multiple detections of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) [Bird Flu]in Minnesota and surrounding states, the Minnesota Board of Animal Health is issuing a 31-day statewide ban on all poultry sales and exhibitions effective Friday, April 1 through Sunday, May 1. The ban includes all poultry community sales, swaps, fairs, exhibitions and other events where poultry and susceptible birds are brought together. The current H5N1 HPAI outbreak in Minnesota poses a high risk to poultry but low risk to the public and there is no food safety concern for consumers.
#BirdFlu #usa
https://www.bah.state.mn.us/news_release/minnesota-poultry-sales-and-exhibitions-temporarily-banned-for-31-days/
Biden pays farms to STOP Farming - EU out of Feed - Meat taxes & Chicken permits - Up to you to GROW FOOD!
Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now "illegal animals" in more municipalities, requiring a permit, "due to bird flu." The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, and the Netherlands is seriously considering a meat tax. -- And yet, there is a resurgence of regenerative agriculture and community victory gardens, as people realize it is UP TO US to feed our families going forward!
Christian breaks down the latest developments in the Food Wars in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.
join: @iceagefarmer
https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/04/01/biden-pays-farms-to-stop-eu-out-of-feed-meat-taxes-chicken-permits-up-to-you-to-grow-food/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/QZ9aLIacUmc
Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/t9PLNqz7I4CU/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64598248
#iafvideo #FoodShortages #WarOnMeat #BirdFlu #UK #EU
Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now "illegal animals" in more municipalities, requiring a permit, "due to bird flu." The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, and the Netherlands is seriously considering a meat tax. -- And yet, there is a resurgence of regenerative agriculture and community victory gardens, as people realize it is UP TO US to feed our families going forward!
Christian breaks down the latest developments in the Food Wars in this Ice Age Farmer broadcast.
join: @iceagefarmer
https://www.iceagefarmer.com/2022/04/01/biden-pays-farms-to-stop-eu-out-of-feed-meat-taxes-chicken-permits-up-to-you-to-grow-food/
Youtube: https://youtu.be/QZ9aLIacUmc
Bitchute: https://www.bitchute.com/video/t9PLNqz7I4CU/
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/64598248
#iafvideo #FoodShortages #WarOnMeat #BirdFlu #UK #EU
YouTube
Biden pays farms to STOP - EU out of Feed - Meat taxes & Chicken permits - Up to you to GROW FOOD!
Even as Biden and Trudeau announce food shortages, farmers are being paid to STOP farming. Chickens are now "illegal animals" in more municipalities, requiring a permit, "due to bird flu." The EU is culling livestock as they run out of animal feed, and the…
And overnight, food prices are rising up to 50% in Germany. It’s happening fast:
“German retailer Aldi Nord will raise its prices by an average of 20-50% due to an increase in production costs, local media reported on Sunday.
From Monday onwards, meat, sausage products, and butter will be "significantly more expensive," a company spokesman told German press agency DPA, adding that the price hikes in various products were necessary due to the rise in manufacturing costs.
#Germany #FoodPrices
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/german-retailer-aldi-nord-to-raise-prices-by-20-50-on-monday/2554218
“German retailer Aldi Nord will raise its prices by an average of 20-50% due to an increase in production costs, local media reported on Sunday.
From Monday onwards, meat, sausage products, and butter will be "significantly more expensive," a company spokesman told German press agency DPA, adding that the price hikes in various products were necessary due to the rise in manufacturing costs.
#Germany #FoodPrices
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/economy/german-retailer-aldi-nord-to-raise-prices-by-20-50-on-monday/2554218
Anadolu Agency
German retailer Aldi Nord to raise prices by 20-50% on Monday
Meat, sausage products, butter to be more expensive amid rising production, energy costs due to Russia-Ukraine war, says spokesman
Wisconsin PCR testing ‘finds’ another case of Bird Flu (even after culling 3 million birds in last 30 days) — #WarOnMeat
#BirdFlu
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/second-avian-influenza-case-found-in-wisconsin/
#BirdFlu
https://brownfieldagnews.com/news/second-avian-influenza-case-found-in-wisconsin/
Brownfield Ag News
Second avian influenza case found in Wisconsin - Brownfield Ag News
Wisconsin ag officials have confirmed a second case of highly pathogenic avian influenza. Kevin Hoffman with the Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection says the state’s second case was found in a backyard flock in Rock County and was confirmed…
Why are Billionaires so interested in owning all seed genetics? Total takeover of not just food, but the whole ecosystem - seeds are being genetically modified to sequester carbon!
Bezos fund invests in Gates-funded CGIAR’s “FutureSeeds” seed bank:
“CGIAR calls these gene banks, which store seeds, seedlings, and tissue containing genetic information, “critical to achieving food and nutrition security worldwide.” The new funds will support the gene bank and climate change mitigation science that emphasizes carbon sequestration using the roots systems of plants, according to CGIAR. “
https://agfundernews.com/plant-gene-bank-bezos-earth-fund-pledges-17m-to-colombias-future-seeds
Bezos fund invests in Gates-funded CGIAR’s “FutureSeeds” seed bank:
“CGIAR calls these gene banks, which store seeds, seedlings, and tissue containing genetic information, “critical to achieving food and nutrition security worldwide.” The new funds will support the gene bank and climate change mitigation science that emphasizes carbon sequestration using the roots systems of plants, according to CGIAR. “
https://agfundernews.com/plant-gene-bank-bezos-earth-fund-pledges-17m-to-colombias-future-seeds
CGIAR
Guardians of diversity: The network of genebanks helping to feed the world
As part of global efforts to achieve sustainable development and address climate change, a network of genebanks is working to conserve and increase the diversity of plant species that feed the world. Over the past 40 years, CGIAR Research Centers have together…