A lot will be said about grain shortages going forward. If you look around you might find a local grain mill. I have at least two nearby.
Buying local grain/flour will increase availability where it's vitally needed and generally help reduce dependence on Russian stocks.
Something to try.
What? Are you attempting to tell me that the US is somehow "dependent" on Russian WHEAT!?
We're not. At all. We're about as "dependent" on their sorrel leaves or their blinis, okay?
https://www.statista.com/statistics/237902/us-wheat-imports-and-exports-since-2000/
@mcfate Other places in the world are (also Ukranian wheat and corn), and the loss of Russian grain will be catastrophic for them.
Small producers generally don't export but I think have decent capacity*. We can both build that capacity and allow the likes of General Mills to redistribute** to say, Africa.
Drop in the bucket, well aware. Something to try.
*I grow a very small amount of grain, not looking to profit just bring awareness
**Will they? Maybe.
@mcfate I am unconcerned with prices in the US.
As I mentioned, I haven't the slightest idea what you ARE concerned with here.
@mcfate I'll repeat:
Buying local grain/flour will increase availability where it's vitally needed and generally help reduce dependence on Russian stocks.
Sorry if it's not clear. To be direct I concerned about famine, suffering, and unrest in West Asia and Africa.
"Local" is "the US", at least in MY locality, which you just said you're not even concerned about, though.
@mcfate I glossed over this:
General Mills is a global company that supplies a lot of the flour consumed worldwide. I'm not picking on them, they're just a big name. They source from all over and distribute all over.
If I instead buy from my local mill (US/European/Asian), it is possible it could benefit, through the graces of megacorps, someone suffering a shortage because their country depends on a now destroyed supply chain.
An example of thinking globally, acting locally.
hth.
Sounds more to me like "fantasizing globally, and hoping for the best", but don't let me discourage you.
There's no "local mill" here. There's not "local" ANYTHING here. It's a wasteland.
@mcfate see also the Do what you can with what you got school.
I hear ya, small/local food production lost a lot of actual ground these past few decades. I do financially unsound things to get my hands on small farm products. Ain't for everyone.
@b4cks4w
Okay, I'm lost. No imports of Russian grain are going to impact General Mills' theoretical ability to export to AFRICA, and that's going to affect prices HERE, somehow?