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Lokarin posted...

America is also running out of:
Furtilizer

Fertilizer is going to be a major issue next year in the US because two of the biggest exporters of fertilizer were Ukraine and Russia. Now the US doesn't import fertilizer from either of these countries but other nations do, and it won't affect the current crop in North America since most farmers have already obtained their stocks for the year. But it is going to have a major impact later in the year when spring arrives in the southern hemisphere, and that will put pressure on the fertilizer supplies for North America next year.

Fun Fact: Most farmers in the US use ammonia as fertilizer. This requires an enormous amount of energy to produce. Ammonia production uses between 1 and 2% of global energy consumption, accounts for 3% of carbon emissions, and uses 3 to 5% of natural gas production. In the US, 88% of ammonia is used as fertilizer.