"Last night at the daughter's horse riding lesson the price of horse feed came between my wife & the stable owner/riding instructor.
One of her friends in Kansas said that his winter wheat looked great, but there was no wheat in the wheat plant heads (kernel/seed-I don't know the correct term).
He reported that the grain miller that they normally use said that they are having trouble getting any wheat to prepare. Same thing from many Kansas wheat growers; plants look great, but no wheat to harvest. This is a family business that has been going since early 1900s.
They made it through 2 world wars & the dust bowl. They are not sure if they can survive this year if they can't locate some wheat for processing. Nothing to mill, nothing to grind. That doesn't bode well for later in the year.
I couldn't find anything online about this, but the riding instructor is pretty mainstream & doesn't seem to be a conspiracy buff. She said that the lack of harvestable wheat, when the plants look normal, has never been seen before."
This report touches on something I have already started to work on for Peoplenomics.com subscribers this weekend. But, when I tell you there is growing urgency to starting a garden, I'm not a kidding...
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The commodities market apparently isn't worried as "Wheat falls below $8 as investors expect rate cut will be last" says one headline. But, remember, fundamentals matter. and I am wildly bullish on grains and food stuffs.
http://www.urbansurvival.com/week.htm
