[NRG1973]

This one thing that struggling consumers just don't need.

[calex59]

Yeah, it’s not inflation that is causing prices to go up, it is the weather.(snicker)

[OB1kNOb]

The flooded Mississippi River basin sure ain’t helping the farmers any right now. What was planted before the heavy rains and flooding will likely be destroyed and what wasn’t planted yet will be too wet to plant for a while.

[FreeMaine]

So the US govt floods some of the most productive farm land in the world to save some slums, what a bunch of fools.

[jmcenanly]

Is this going to be like the 75 year spell of ‘bad weather’ that accounted for below forecast harvests in the Soviet Union between 1917 and 1992?

[jjotto]

“If we do not get the right mix of rain and sun in the coming 8-10 weeks, then later this year we will see record price levels...

Everyone who hears news in the Corn Belt hears this exact statement every few weeks during every growing season!

So is it drought in grain-producing areas, or is it flooding?

[SueRae]

Maybe then they’ll stop burning corn for ethanol. I’m fortunate that I don’t have a many struggles as some of my friends and neighbors do right now...but I’ve noticed a big difference in food costs. Milk bought at a local dairy store up over .40 per half gallon. It is very tough out there, almost impossible for those who are already suffering longterm.

[TASMANIANRED]

Then add in the cost of fuel.

[Rudder]

If you live here, in Appalachia, you don't have to be a survivalist by design, we live off local livestock and garden harvest. I know many good old boys who go to old oil wells (and new ones, too) and get the "drip gas" from the condenser tanks---they run their vehicles on the stuff.

Right now, most folks here go to Walmart and the grocery for routine shopping...but they don't have to, and will do so less and less as store prices increase.