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Talked to a retired farmer who called the 2022 fertilizer shortage back in 2019
He told me specifically that China's phosphate export limits would hit us hard three years before it even made the news, and I just thought he was being dramatic about his corn yields.
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pat_roberts552d ago
Forgot about old timers way too often, that's for sure.
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the_robin2d ago
Tbh that retired farmer sounds like he had a crystal ball and a solid grudge against chemical companies. @pat_roberts55 is spot on about forgetting old timers, I should probably start writing down every wild prediction my grandpa makes about weather or global supply chains. Ngl I was the guy nodding along thinking 'sure old man, your corn yields are the canary in the coal mine' while scrolling my phone. Honestly now I just look like a fool who ignored free wisdom from someone who's been reading the dirt for fifty years.
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emma_garcia2d ago
Kept hearing stuff like that from the old guys who hang around the feed store and wrote it off as them being cranky. Had one guy tell me in 2017 that we'd see $200 fertilizer before 2025, laughed it off while grabbing a bag of ammonium nitrate. Now I'm dropping triple that and actually listening when they start talking about the next thing. Feels dumb to admit I was the one scrolling my phone while someone tried to hand me the answers.
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