satisfyinghump

Something to look into on your own, gaining membership to average farmer type social boards. Kind of like voat but for farmers.

One thing that was being seen, trending you can say, amongst farmers last year and the year before, was they were holding back LESS of their crop, to dry and process for seeds for the next year. They figured they can buy the seeds. Thing is everyone thought that and there was a shortage on certain crop seeds like wheat berries/wheat, which is ground down to flour.

The farmers were selling the crop instead of storing it for seeds to plant next year because they had bills to pay and the price of certain crops had fallen. They made a choice to save their farm now vs no farm later but a bunch of stored seeds.

This cycle can only continue and get worst.

I have noticed a huge price spike in certain seed sales online, as well as on farmer supply sites, their seed prices went up for items like wheat berries and many had notices alerting farmers/customers to buy their planting seeds SOONER than before, due to shortages occurring. Which they did...

cm18

Is anyone seeing shortages in grocery stores at the moment? Can anyone verify?

satisfyinghump

Farmers have reported for the past 3 years, shortages on seeds, when purchasing them for planting season. Seed sources are emailing/sending letters to farmers/customers for 2 years, warnings, to buy seeds sooner than later, due to possible shortages.

Seed shortages happen typically ONE way. Farmers since the start of domesticating plants/vegetables, have held back a reserve of harvested vegetables, to harvest the seeds, clean them and dry them/preserve them, preparing them for planting next year. If farmers sell more than they should, meaning they sell some/all of the reserve harvest that typically they'd get seeds from, they can't plant as many next year unless they buy seeds. Everyone buying seeds means less seeds for everyone. Thus it's a good model to use to see if any issues exist within the agricultural/farming landscape of a country.

satisfyinghump

It's be beautiful to have a network of people on some social media platform who could give their thoughts on their grocery stores sales when they visit.

dreamcomfortmemory

When this all started kicking off I went to one of the local Whole Foods markets and got the impression they were intentionally making the shelves look barren to create a scene-from-pandemic-like-atmosphere. It's amazon, they can order more stuff. Then drive up the street to any normal grocery store (Safeway or whatever) and the shelves look as normal. Get the fuck out of here Whole Foods. I have noted all the stores doing weird shit like this, or that have 20-somethings standing outside with clipboards acting like they are an authority telling people to line up, where is your mask and will probably not ever shop at those places again unless they have really unique items.

satisfyinghump

Now that is some boots on the ground motivated behavior you showed. Nice job and nice idea!!!
As far as the info you found... that was some fucking bullshit.

dreamcomfortmemory

Your comment doesn't really make sense. The info I found? Very bot-like my friend.

BirthTheGirth

This is completely false. Good friends with the distribution manager for a grocery store chain for the entire east coast. No shortages whatsoever

cm18

Thanks.