(Natural News) Food protection is increasing all around the world amid record inflation, persistent supply chain failures and growing food shortages. The latest country to make changes is Indonesia, which will no longer export any edible oils, according to reports. This is a huge problem for food producers everywhere that rely on inputs like palm […]

(Natural News) Never before in modern history has the food crisis become so bad, to the point that it is being influenced and exacerbated by so many major problems at once. We are in a “perfect storm” and things are only going to get worse as the months roll along. First, the global fertilizer crisis […]

(Natural News) Dmitry Medvedev, a senior Russian security official who previously served as the nation’s president, is warning that Russia might limit its vital food exports exclusively to countries that it considers “friendly.” As it faces continued aggression from the West in the form of sanctions, Russia is responding with a reminder to NATO that […]

(Natural News) There is now talk about Russia demanding payment in rubles for other things besides just energy. Just as President Vladimir Putin was set to give his announcement about Russia only accepting natural gas payments in rubles beginning on April 1, Vyacheslav Volodin, the speaker of the lower house of the Russian parliament, issued […]

(Natural News) Russia’s recent decision to halt fertilizer exports could have a devastating impact on Brazil, an agriculture powerhouse that imports more than 85 percent of its fertilizer demand. According to Bloomberg, Russia is Brazil’s top supplier of fertilizer. And Belarus, one of Russia’s allies, provides 28 percent of Brazil’s fertilizer imports. Before the invasion […]

(Natural News) Inflation and increased energy costs have been exacerbated by the Russia-Ukraine conflict, with inflation hitting a record high of 7.9 percent the past week. Even red diesel, which is commonly used for farm operations, is now reaching all-time highs. The continuous optimism just a few weeks ago about the U.S. long-grain rice crop […]

(Natural News) Countries left and right are halting exports of key commodities amid the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. And the latest one to announce that it is going to hold on to its resources is Argentina. One of the world’s largest producers of soy (much of it genetically modified), Argentina has decided to halt all […]

(Natural News) The world got a lot more unstable the moment Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces to invade neighboring Ukraine in ways that the vast majority of people could not imagine beforehand. Just now, people throughout the world are discovering how much food and food production products both nations supplied to the planet, […]

(Natural News) Though he has not yet specified which goods will be restricted, Russian President Vladimir Putin has promised that some commodities and raw materials will soon be banned from export in response to Western sanctions against the Federation. In a decree issued Tuesday night, March 8, Putin gave the Russian cabinet two days to […]

(Natural News) After it was announced that wheat exports from both Russia and Ukraine have now ceased, the European Union’s agricultural ministers held an emergency meeting to activate what they are calling a “Food Crisis Contingency Mechanism.” Since the heads of many European countries expect widespread food shortages due to the war, they are trying […]