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Biden warns of global food shortages as Russia-Ukraine war upends wheat supplies

Steven Nelson
New York Post
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 18:56 UTC

President Biden on Thursday warned of global food shortages as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine — predicting that the war would upend global wheat supplies.

Russia and Ukraine jointly supply about a fourth of the world's wheat exports.

"With regard to food shortages, yes we did talk about food shortages. And then it's going to be real," Biden said at a press conference in Belgium after attending meetings of NATO and G7 leaders.

"The price of the sanctions is not just imposed upon Russia. It's post upon an awful lot of countries as well, including European countries and our country as well," Biden said.

"Both Russia and Ukraine have been the breadbasket of Europe in terms of wheat, for example, just to give one example."

Biden said that the US and Canada will seek to boost wheat production to offset the drop in supplies — as Russia already curtails wheat shipments to friendly former Soviet republics in Central Asia.

"We had a long discussion in the G7 with both the United States, which has a significant — the third largest producer of wheat in the world, as well as Canada, which is also a major, major producer, and we both talked about how we could increase and disseminate more rapidly food shortages," Biden said.

"In addition, we talked about urging all European countries and everyone else to end trade restrictions on sending — limitations on sending food abroad. And so we are in the process of working out with our European friends what it would be, what it would take to help alleviate the concerns relative to food shortages. We also talked about a significant, major US investment among others in terms of providing for the need for humanitarian assistance, including food as we move forward."

Food prices were already soaring in the US as a result of inflation hitting 7.9 percent in February, a month that featured only the first four days of the Russian invasion. Gas rises spiked after the invasion and the US blocked imports of Russian oil and natural gas, though European allies chose not to do so, limiting the effect on global energy prices.

Comment: Food shortages have already been on the horizon for at least five years, due to changing world weather patterns, U.S. ineptitude and Big Agro greed. But 'Russia bad' is a convenient scapegoat for the coming disaster.

Those with eyes to see and ears to hear, will take appropriate action.

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ReRan · 2022-03-25T20:03:26Z

Except for fresh produce in winter here in the north, why can't Canada and the US produce enough for our own populations?

Michael L · 2022-03-25T22:49:05Z

ReRan I feel lucky living where I live. I have five fruit trees in my yard and a good garden. Two guys/farmers are year round with their wares. In the summer it is crazy with the farmer's market. With the lake and the land around me, if I starve it is all on me. Cannot speak for why we cannot do it as a country. My bet is, we have been sold down the river concerning any and all of our resources. We have lots of oil but pay such high prices for gasoline?!? Next talking head that says it is Putin's fault should have their head crushed in a vice.

ReRan · 2022-03-26T01:37:37Z

Michael L Ohhh, that would hurt. Deservedly so.

Michael L · 2022-03-26T06:14:03Z

ReRan The scene from Casino with Biden's head in the vice would be a welcome video mashup. Nuts would have been the go-to but I wanted to be inclusive.

Psstoffgoy · 2022-03-26T07:42:23Z

ReRan Ever notice why there never seems to be many fruit trees growing in government owned parks?

ReRan · 2022-03-26T14:09:23Z

Psstoffgoy Never thought about it, but, you're right, you almost never see fruit trees in any park. Hmmm...

Lemuel Gulliver · 2022-03-26T06:42:34Z

I'm a tolerant person who tries to give idiots the benefit of the doubt. But Biden is more than an idiot, he is a greedy, soulless hyena who deserves to spend eternity in the darkest region of Hell, both him and his repulsive son.

Not only are all the Western countries, prompted by the USA, sending arms and missiles to Ukraine (such as Britain sending 6,000 missiles and Canada sending its entire national stockpile of arms and equipment,) and encouraging their citizens to go there to fight as mercenaries, but 7 major Russian banks have been cut off from SWIFT, and the Bank for International Settlements in Basel, Switzerland, (BIS, the Central Bank of Central Banks worldwide, founded in 1931,) has suspended the membership of the Russian Central Bank - the first time this has happened in its history, including WWII, during which NONE of the German, Italian, Japanese, British, French and Russian Central Banks, or any others among the warring nations, were expelled from membership.

Moreover, Western media has fomented a global psychotic hysteria, under which almost all Western companies operating in Russia - from Mercedes Benz to Ikea to Exxon to Apple - have ceased operations in Russia, throwing their employees out of work. Even during WWII , Ford factories in Germany continued to build trucks and cars for the German military, and were carefully excluded from British and American bombing raids. German chemical giant I.G. Farben continued to manufacture synthetic rubber for the German Army's tires, using patented processes licensed by Du Pont in America.

Moreover, all the world's Central Banks in which Russia has deposited its foreign currency reserves, about $300 billion of its total of $600 billion in reserves, have "frozen" - i.e., seized , Russia's money. Russia would be entirely justified to announce that the western countries who have done these things are considered by Russia to have legally declared war on Russia, but it does not reciprocate by declaring war on these vassal countries of the USA.

Moreover, all contracts for delivery of energy, all Russia's licenses to do business in Russia, all patents, trademarks, copyrights, and all tangible property, could be considered by Russia to be abandoned property, which will be seized by the Russian State in order to keep its workers employed. Russia would be entirely justified, for example, in continuing to build Mercedes cars in Russia, and sell them to India, China and the Middle East as Mercedes brand cars, and keep the money.

As usual, the West has rushed headlong into a virtual war on Russia, without pausing to consider the consequences of their actions. Russia, which produces 62% of the world's fertilizer, has placed a ban on those exports, and farmers all over the globe cannot get fertilizer for their crops which are supposed to be planted this year. Many farmers cannot make any profit without fertilizer, and will simply not plant crops this year. Others will harvest reduced crops, and consequently, the world is going to suffer excessive hunger and famine in 2022.

Titanium, which is necessary to build aircraft engines, from military aircraft to Boeing and Airbus passenger planes, will no longer be exported from Russia, the world's largest producer. Hundreds of thousands of Western workers building aircraft, and those building other components, from seats to windows to carpets, will be thrown out of work, since planes do not fly without engines.

Those are only two examples of the extraordinary consequences of this embargo and the extreme sanctions on Russia, more severe sanctions than have ever been imposed on any country in history.

The result, of course, is going to be a global economic collapse, led by the collapse of first the Euro, and then the US Dollar. If you, readers, want to buy any new electronics, from phones to computers to household appliances, buy them NOW, as they are going to become unavailable by the end of this year. Whatever is still available, from household goods to food, is going to be cripplingly expensive. Hyperinflation is coming, and interest rates on borrowed money are going to escalate to breathtaking levels. If you have an adjustable rate mortgage, refinance it right now into a fixed rate, however high it seems at this time.

Biden knew all this, or should have. He is such an evil scumbag, words fail when trying to describe him and his filthy bloodsucking family of human leeches.

Shalmaneser · 2022-03-26T09:20:28Z

Lemuel Gulliver Thank you.

And "yes" this feels very MIHOP. (Made It Happen On Purpose.)

I don't see how Biden can have even a 40% approval rating. Has he done anything but "fuck things up" since taking office?

Never underestimate Biden's ability to fuck things up.

-- Barack Obama

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