Ice Age Farmer

Global Food Security at Risk as Ukrainian Grain Exports Drop 22% YoY Due to Russia's blockade in the Black Sea, Ukrainian wheat/barley/maize exports are down 22% Year-over-Year . Ukrainian attacks on Russian vessels in the Sea of Azov (a key route for ~25% of Russian grain exports) have caused them to throttle exports …

Registering the Chickens: Animal Passports & Drones Hit 8+ Countries [VIDEO] Countries across multiple continents are rapidly rolling out mandatory animal registration , digital IDs, passports, and aerial surveillance of farms and private land . Though they cite different excuses, the net result is the same: all backya…

On the bright side, when the UK asked people to register their birds, people were so irked that they started going to the DEFRA (UK USDA) site and registering roast turkeys and chicken nuggets en masse, until the government's site crashed entirely. This is a reminder — a somewhat silly, small-scale example, but one non…

USDA Confirms Farm Expenses Rising — Especially livestock The war on farmers (and especially on animal ag) continues as total U.S. farm expenditures climbed another 1.9% to a record $490.3 billion ... with an average spend per farm hitting $263,955 (up 3.1%) . Farm expenses are rising — and many are going bankrupt or c…

US diesel crack surpasses $100 a barrel for the first time on supply disruptions ... and the supply of refined fuels is already nearly exhausted. A hard landing is visible ahead, for farmers, for trucking, and ... well, for everything that requires food (people) and energy (the entire economy). These are very likely t…