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Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 10, 2012 at 22:12

Prices are rising already almost in anticipation of shortages. I think they are about six months off but easily could be 2-3 months off.

Ron"TUNA"Dumeah said:

The corn here in Ontario had been so dry all summer it was withering and falling out of the cob. This will lead to less feed corn. Importing of corn and this will reflect in the prices of beef. We also had a frost this spring witch in turn killed all the flowers on the fruit trees.  Higher prices for fruit having to be imported to Canada as well. 

Permalink Reply by Ron James on August 11, 2012 at 0:34

The drought plus inflation will be bad this year. Thinking of buying a bit more long term food.

Permalink Reply by Clint Thompson on August 11, 2012 at 8:51

Steve....

Being an old farm boy I can say there will not be food shortages next year.  We had enough rain early this year to allow a bumper crop of wheat.  Most of our corn in Kansas and Oklahoma is irrigated so no problem there.  However, the non-irrigated land last its second year of corn....burned up in the field.

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 11, 2012 at 8:59

Perhaps some staples....flour, sugar, preserved meat, coffee(I know you are doing that).

Ron James said:

The drought plus inflation will be bad this year. Thinking of buying a bit more long term food.

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 11, 2012 at 9:03

May not be wide spread but then again, a mild winter with continued drought will lower corn and soybean production meaning less cattle feed, meaning less long term cattle. 

Also more drought means less hay and less hay =fewer cattle wintered over. Vicious cycle....

Clint Thompson said:

Steve....

Being an old farm boy I can say there will not be food shortages next year.  We had enough rain early this year to allow a bumper crop of wheat.  Most of our corn in Kansas and Oklahoma is irrigated so no problem there.  However, the non-irrigated land last its second year of corn....burned up in the field.

Permalink Reply by stephen tungate on August 11, 2012 at 10:06

i think everyone should be prepared for a rough year.the hot summer and drought in the mid-west did alot of damage to alot of crops that means a shortage of feed for our cattle,the fires has burned alot of hay and wood for building out west. and the bad storms in the south-east done bad damage. also i here our fuel prices will sore to 4.35 a gal. by labor day.please my ikc friends do not ignore this.prepare for the worst and hope for the best.but be ready either way...

Permalink Reply by James Cole on August 11, 2012 at 12:43

If we stop this stupid ethanol production we will have a lot more corn for cattle feed.   If you are concerned that the beef supply might dry up, it will more likely get thinner and more expensive.  

I hesitate to post this next for being seen as a commercial use of the site and Scott if you delete this I completly understand.   I'm a Thrive consultant and if you would like to check out some long term storage products go to; www.james.cole.shelfreliance.com/jamescole

I hope I haven't offended anyone.

Jim

Permalink Reply by Sue OldsWidow on August 11, 2012 at 14:13

My corn made some the first planting , the second planting..has full size ears with only 1/3 made and only got about 31/2 ft tall.

the green beans are just now making beans...talk about slow...my bro said some guy at flea market was selling green beans for 50bucks a bushel ...think about it..wow........my garden was planted in may and early june...it has been so dry i had one cucumber come up that just now has blossums and one cuke on it, the tomatoes havent faired well either, most had sun scald and rotted on the vine even though i let the weeds grow up to shade and help with the heat.....i got 2 green peppers so far off 4 plants and these are heat lovers so this was a real suprise to me they did so poorly.

So the big garden was somewhat of a BUST this year, but that wont keep this green thumb down for next year.

Best look for all those food prices to go up in vegies

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 11, 2012 at 16:24

Thank you Stephen, well said.

stephen tungate said:

i think everyone should be prepared for a rough year.the hot summer and drought in the mid-west did alot of damage to alot of crops that means a shortage of feed for our cattle,the fires has burned alot of hay and wood for building out west. and the bad storms in the south-east done bad damage. also i here our fuel prices will sore to 4.35 a gal. by labor day.please my ikc friends do not ignore this.prepare for the worst and hope for the best.but be ready either way...

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 11, 2012 at 18:04

Jim, you are right on the money. Beef supply may well get thinner and that will result in higher prices. You wonder if it will result in shortages too.

James Cole said:

If we stop this stupid ethanol production we will have a lot more corn for cattle feed.   If you are concerned that the beef supply might dry up, it will more likely get thinner and more expensive.  

I hesitate to post this next for being seen as a commercial use of the site and Scott if you delete this I completly understand.   I'm a Thrive consultant and if you would like to check out some long term storage products go to; www.james.cole.shelfreliance.com/jamescole

I hope I haven't offended anyone.

Jim

Permalink Reply by Steve Hanner on August 11, 2012 at 18:07

I would think Sue your report will be echoed in countless homes. Fewer homegrown products thins out a commercial market that is thin to begin with..... so does that become a shortage?

Sue OldsWidow said:

My corn made some the first planting , the second planting..has full size ears with only 1/3 made and only got about 31/2 ft tall.

the green beans are just now making beans...talk about slow...my bro said some guy at flea market was selling green beans for 50bucks a bushel ...think about it..wow........my garden was planted in may and early june...it has been so dry i had one cucumber come up that just now has blossums and one cuke on it, the tomatoes havent faired well either, most had sun scald and rotted on the vine even though i let the weeds grow up to shade and help with the heat.....i got 2 green peppers so far off 4 plants and these are heat lovers so this was a real suprise to me they did so poorly.

So the big garden was somewhat of a BUST this year, but that wont keep this green thumb down for next year.

Best look for all those food prices to go up in vegies

Permalink Reply by Ron James on August 11, 2012 at 23:54

Coffee... I'm glad it will last for 15 years... Will be buying more of that too. 

I'm also buying more heirloom seeds for storage. One bad year can wipe out your seeds for planting.

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