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The US or Canada or Australia will be more than able to cover the Russian share by switching out crops if Wheat is more profitable given any shortages.

• jbay808 5y ago
  Maybe, but we're already dealing with increasing food and fertilizer costs here in North America. That grain may be produced, but not cheaply.
• eru 5y ago
  Especially since the US wastes so much agricultural land on maize that they force onto drivers as mandatory ethanol. (While keeping cheaper ethanol from Brazil out of the country with tariffs and regulation.) If push came to shove, they could drop this silly policy, and alleviate supply shortages.
  • ksec 5y ago
    >that they force onto drivers as mandatory ethanol. Is that because of some clean energy policy?
    • protomyth 5y ago
      Clean energy supposedly, but Iowa is the first primary state for Presidential elections. Guess who makes a lot of ethanol?
    • eru 5y ago
      Supposedly. But then you wouldn't block cheap ethanol from coming into country, would you? And see protomyth's comment for more political reasons.