Prepare for HIGHER FOOD PRICES this Winter

Re: Prepare for HIGHER FOOD PRICES this Winter

Frank is absolutely right, CORN in particular is an ingredient in so many food stuffs that a scarcity due to lower yield is bound to affect prices of a lot of common processed foods, to say nothing of the costs of feeding animals, including dairy cows, so milk, cheese, yogurt are all at risk.

I can cite my own experience having  an ACRE+ organic garden. We do have a good reliable well and I can pump steady for 4-6 hrs a day without running out, but that is no substitute for regular rains. Watering with a ordinary garden hose for such a large garden is not only time consuming but not practical for crops such as corn and potatoes, at least I was not able to get around to everything needing water on a timely basis. Worst year for potato bugs I have ever seen, they got ALL my eggplant (same nightshade family as potatoes, and while my potatoe plants were 3 ft. high, they died so quickly I estimate my yield will be less than half of normal as well as size of potatoes.

Conversely I have the nicest tomatoes, peppers and cabbage ever, things I concentrated on in my daily watering, other things like onions the rains simply came too late and could not be revived, they were simply too advanced in their development stage. I am sure a lot of acres got plowed under as Frank notes, and when there is a lack of supply, prices go up.