Farmers have reported for the past 3 years, shortages on seeds, when purchasing them for planting season. Seed sources are emailing/sending letters to farmers/customers for 2 years, warnings, to buy seeds sooner than later, due to possible shortages.
Seed shortages happen typically ONE way. Farmers since the start of domesticating plants/vegetables, have held back a reserve of harvested vegetables, to harvest the seeds, clean them and dry them/preserve them, preparing them for planting next year. If farmers sell more than they should, meaning they sell some/all of the reserve harvest that typically they'd get seeds from, they can't plant as many next year unless they buy seeds. Everyone buying seeds means less seeds for everyone. Thus it's a good model to use to see if any issues exist within the agricultural/farming landscape of a country.
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cm18 ago
Is anyone seeing shortages in grocery stores at the moment? Can anyone verify?
satisfyinghump ago
Farmers have reported for the past 3 years, shortages on seeds, when purchasing them for planting season. Seed sources are emailing/sending letters to farmers/customers for 2 years, warnings, to buy seeds sooner than later, due to possible shortages.
Seed shortages happen typically ONE way. Farmers since the start of domesticating plants/vegetables, have held back a reserve of harvested vegetables, to harvest the seeds, clean them and dry them/preserve them, preparing them for planting next year. If farmers sell more than they should, meaning they sell some/all of the reserve harvest that typically they'd get seeds from, they can't plant as many next year unless they buy seeds. Everyone buying seeds means less seeds for everyone. Thus it's a good model to use to see if any issues exist within the agricultural/farming landscape of a country.