Wheat doesn't grow well that far South, it's too warm. [0] Just look at the map of wheat production in the US. So it's a trade item and that's where the embargo

Wheat doesn't grow well that far South, it's too warm. [0] Just look at the map of wheat production in the US. So it's a trade item and that's where the embargo and all it's effects come in. [0] https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Winter_Wheat_2009_Planted_by_County.png https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/04/Winter_W...