(Natural News) Right now, more than 20 bulk carriers loaded with corn from the United States are en route to China, which continues to rely heavily and almost exclusively on our own Midwestern states for the crop. The first-ever carrier filled with Brazilian corn, however, also just arrived in Singapore for transfer into China – […]

(Natural News) The U.S. supply chain and international trade flows are about to take another major hit. The Mississippi River basin has experienced dry conditions throughout the summer of 2022, and there is very little rain in the long-term forecast heading into winter. The dry pattern has caused the Mississippi River to shrink, leading to […]

(Natural News) The quality of corn and soybean crops in South Dakota and Ohio is deteriorating rapidly. The Midwestern leg of the 2022 crop tour of the agriculture publication Pro Farmer has found that extreme heat and widespread drought brought many parts of the Midwest into ruin, hampering thousands of acres of crop fields. The situation in the […]

(Natural News) Not enough water is making its way to food crops in Europe, according to reports. And the next thing on the agenda as a result is widespread crop failures. Corn crops all across Europe are reportedly struggling big time as lack of rain across the continent has left them parched. The Monitoring Agricultural […]

(Natural News) Less than 60 percent of America’s corn crop is in good or excellent condition, according to the latest Crop Progress report from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). As of Aug. 15, only 12 percent of America’s corn crop is in excellent condition; 45 percent in good condition; 27 percent in fair condition; 10 […]

(Natural News) Corn from Brazil is not expected to hit Chinese markets until 2023. Jose Guilherme Leal, agricultural defense secretary at the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA), told Brazilian newspaper Valor Economico on July 14 that Beijing requested Brasilia to monitor some weeds and fungi in crops. According to the official, China’s […]

(Natural News) Instead of using abundant and easily obtained fossil fuels straight from the ground, the Biden regime’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) just mandated the highest level yet of corn-based ethanol to be mixed into the nation’s fuel supply. Despite the fact that growing corn for ethanol is highly destructive to the environment (i.e., chemical […]

(Natural News) The process of planting corn, soybeans, wheat and oats in America is significantly slower compared to the five-year average. As of May 22, only 72 percent of the corn crop in the United States has been planted. While this is a significant leap from May 15, when only 49 percent of the planting […]

(Natural News) Just as American farmers are preparing for the spring planting season, a potential Black Swan event is brewing. Readers are aware that the U.S. and the world were bracing for shortages of fertilizer this year following President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine because Russia is a top global exporter of fertilizer and the West […]

(Natural News) However bad the food shortage was expected to be due to Russia’s invasion of its Ukrainian neighbor, they are going to get worse following a decision made by the Kremlin earlier this week. According to reports, the government of President Vladimir Putin has decided to halt all exports of most agricultural commodities including wheat, rye, barley […]