(Natural News) A protest that took place in the Dutch city of Heerenveen saw gunfire after police officers on site fired “targeted shots” over a “threatening situation.” Several protestors on tractors, we are told, drove into a crowd of officers and their cars. The cops issued warning shots before firing at the tractors, hitting one […]

(Natural News) Countless crops are going unpicked in the UK as a Brexit-induced shortage of workers continues. Millions of pounds have been lost as a result, driving up food inflation by as much as 20 percent, the agriculture sector reports. A shortfall in the total number of visas and delays in processing post-Brexit seasonal working […]

(Natural News) Farmers are going through a fertilizer crisis caused by skyrocketing fossil fuel prices and industry consolidation. Liquid nitrogen, potash and phosphorus, three of the world’s most commonly used fertilizers, have more than doubled in price over the past two years. A survey conducted by Minnesota-based data analysis firm DTN revealed that fertilizer prices are […]

(Natural News) Western Europe is on suicide watch as virtue signaling nations tore down their fossil fuel infrastructure (and nuclear power plants) to appease the “greenies.” Now, countries like Germany, France and the UK are facing an energy catastrophe as Russia steadily reduces natural gas outflows from pipelines like Nord Stream 1, which is also […]

(Natural News) During President Joe Biden’s speech last month at the O’Connor Farm in Illinois, he encouraged American farmers to expand the production of wheat through extra efforts like double-cropping to feed the world. However, farmers aired their concerns that they can’t do this easily. Biden’s call to action is in connection with the Ukraine war’s […]

(Natural News) A viral video taken at the Cattle Empire feedlot in Satanta, Kansas showed perfectly lined-up rows of dead cattle. The mysterious death of 10,000 cows was the latest attack on an already-crippled food supply. Feedlot owner Trista Brown Priest told KAKE 10 that a “deadly combination” of high humidity, scorching heat and lack of wind proved lethal […]

(Natural News) Many South Dakota farmers have fallen significantly behind schedule on their planting, thanks to rains and flooding seen in parts of the state. The heavy rains that struck in the middle of a lengthy drought have left many farm fields in the state soaked and rendered them inaccessible to farm equipment. Adding to […]

(Natural News) Gas prices have been increasing in the United States, but diesel has been worse — and fears of a diesel shortage this year are causing concern because it is not just retail prices that are rapidly rising: reports of farmers booking off-road diesel for farm use have been trending above the $5 mark […]

(Natural News) An op-ed published in the Washington Examiner suggested that removing tariffs on fertilizers imported from other countries can help lower the cost of fertilizer for American farmers. The June 7 op-ed penned by Kent Kaiser and Dave Juday cited the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war and the sanctions that seek to “restrict [Russia’s] export revenue” […]

(Natural News) How times have changed. The United States, known to be the land of plenty, the perennial world leader in food export, is now feeling the pinch of reduced crop yields with hunger posing a legitimate threat for a huge segment of the population. A congruence of mitigating factors likened to a “perfect storm” […]