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Oil prices to rise further on Monday (www.reuters.com)

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[–] CompactFlax@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 1 day ago

Oh we haven’t even started to see the effects on food. Fuel for planting, fertilizer (urea is already up about 30% and that assumes you can even buy it, fuel for harvesting, transportation, energy for processing and more fuel for delivery.

Some farmers will simply skip planting some food crops if there’s no fertilizer available, or they think they’ll lose money if they plant.