☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmy.ml to news • 6 months ago54% of young Americans say food costs are the biggest strain on their financesexternal-linkmessage-square140 fedilinkarrow-up1192cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squareDyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]hexbear6·6 months ago maybe in the roundabout way of US prioritizing exports to places that used to pay Ukraine & get US grain at a markup I mean it's a global system of trade and there being Less Grain means all of it is More Expensive And i'm pretty sure Russia is the biggest fertilizer producer in the world and they put embargos on that link
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear6·6 months ago I mean it's a global system of trade the US is extremely manipulative in the food markets, so i'd hesitate to use such a simple arithmetic. link
minus-squareDyingOfDeBordom [none/use name]hexbear4·6 months agoyeah but manipulating the market so that food is cheap for the average person? that would require foresight and self preservation link
minus-squareDolores [love/loves]hexbear5·6 months agonothing so naive---but US firms rely on US produce for their profits, so the gouging could be happening further up the chain where absence/presence of Ukrainian grain is less of a factor is all i'm speculating. link
I mean it's a global system of trade and there being Less Grain means all of it is More Expensive
And i'm pretty sure Russia is the biggest fertilizer producer in the world and they put embargos on that
the US is extremely manipulative in the food markets, so i'd hesitate to use such a simple arithmetic.
yeah but manipulating the market so that food is cheap for the average person? that would require foresight and self preservation
nothing so naive---but US firms rely on US produce for their profits, so the gouging could be happening further up the chain where absence/presence of Ukrainian grain is less of a factor is all i'm speculating.