Global food chain stretched to the limit

There's an extreme shortage of food production around the world, which may cause an increase in food prices. People are worried this will lead to riots, like it did 3 years ago. This is a worldwide problem, but particularly in the United States there's a shortage on corn and soybeans. It's guessed that these 2 items are down because our country is selling more of them to China than in the past years. The weather plays a huge role in food production. Obviously when the weather is bad and crops aren't getting proper rainfall, less food is produced. Another reason why food prices may rise is that oil prices are increasing. This causes shipping costs to go up, so when food is being transported from place to place, it costs a business more money and they need to sell it for more to compensate for that price difference. In the United States, we actually spend more of our money on processed food, which includes all the money it takes to package and advertise these products. There are many countries that are worse off than we are, including countries in South America and Africa. They will feel this price change even more.

It's scary to think about our country running low on food when things aren't very good with our economy. With so many people unemployed, how will they be able to buy all the food that they need/want when prices go up? I'm worried for the United States, but even more so for these countries in Africa. They don't have as many options as we do and that can be a scary thing. I think we need to realize the seriousness of the situation and take care of our food supply as best we can.
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