JPMorgan warns fertiliser shortages and a super El Niño could keep global food prices high into 2027, with coffee, sugar, and cocoa driving US grocery costs.
That’s got a crazy amount of nitrogen, but that’s still just one of the big three…
I spent winters shoveling literally tons of manure onto a field by pitchfork until I went to college. So deep it was literally just a field of shit by the time it was down, a solid 3-4 inch coating for acres.
We still fertilized multiple times a season on top of that. But that was land that had been worked for generations. For a couple of years, replacing nitrogen is fine…
Because people haven’t been growing crops there.
What happens in a decade when all of that is used up? That’s my entire point, it’s kicking the can down the road. If someone doesn’t think this is a giant issue, they’re in denial or haven’t really thought thru what’s happening.
There’s a reason hillbillies don’t like trespassers, it take a lot of land to feed a human.
That’s got a crazy amount of nitrogen, but that’s still just one of the big three…
I spent winters shoveling literally tons of manure onto a field by pitchfork until I went to college. So deep it was literally just a field of shit by the time it was down, a solid 3-4 inch coating for acres.
We still fertilized multiple times a season on top of that. But that was land that had been worked for generations. For a couple of years, replacing nitrogen is fine…
Because people haven’t been growing crops there.
What happens in a decade when all of that is used up? That’s my entire point, it’s kicking the can down the road. If someone doesn’t think this is a giant issue, they’re in denial or haven’t really thought thru what’s happening.
There’s a reason hillbillies don’t like trespassers, it take a lot of land to feed a human.
So what you’re saying is shit’s fucked? I guess we’ll just have to eat the rich then.