Looming USA Agricultural Export Market Crisis - Revision history

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	*[https://youtu.be/ku2IlJMb_h0?si=0iI95oGKbHj0Zkvc A Video by the YouTube Channel "Prairie Fire" Titled "The looming logistical crisis in American agriculture" ] ( '''~11 Minute Watch''' )		*[https://youtu.be/ku2IlJMb_h0?si=0iI95oGKbHj0Zkvc A Video by the YouTube Channel "Prairie Fire" Titled "The looming logistical crisis in American agriculture" ] ( '''~11 Minute Watch''' )
	*https://youtu.be/r5xxTIPKY8s?si=t-pesCQmR0mLkBwO A Video by the YouTube Channel "How Money Works" Titled "America's Latest Farming Crisis" ] ( ~'''15 Minute Watch''' )		*[https://youtu.be/r5xxTIPKY8s?si=t-pesCQmR0mLkBwO A Video by the YouTube Channel "How Money Works" Titled "America's Latest Farming Crisis" ] ( ~'''15 Minute Watch''' )
	**Mentions the trade war, but also [[Financialization of Agricultural Land]] / [[Land Speculation]]		**Mentions the trade war, but also [[Financialization of Agricultural Land]] / [[Land Speculation]]
	**Also mentions the Farm to Taber video		**Also mentions the Farm to Taber video

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	**Also mentions the Farm to Taber video		**Also mentions the Farm to Taber video
	*[https://youtu.be/9mB5PqWhQeY?si=ennsLD80KAlJTHFD A Video by the YouTube Channel "Adam Ragusea" Titled "Why U.S. farmers rely on soy (and why they're in trouble)" ] ( '''~3 Minute Watch''' )		*[https://youtu.be/9mB5PqWhQeY?si=ennsLD80KAlJTHFD A Video by the YouTube Channel "Adam Ragusea" Titled "Why U.S. farmers rely on soy (and why they're in trouble)" ] ( '''~3 Minute Watch''' )
			**At 12:12 it mentions the [[Agricultural Cooperative]] + Buyer problem of Re-Tooling / Adapting to a different crop

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	***[[Open Source Engineered Meat Alternatives]] (Think [[Open Source Textured Vegetable Protein]] etc		***[[Open Source Engineered Meat Alternatives]] (Think [[Open Source Textured Vegetable Protein]] etc
	**[[Open Source Biochar Kiln]] (in particular capacities approaching a [[Rocc Kiln]] or [[Open Source Rotary Kiln]]		**[[Open Source Biochar Kiln]] (in particular capacities approaching a [[Rocc Kiln]] or [[Open Source Rotary Kiln]]

			==Re-Tooling/Adaptation==
			*A bit more radical, but it could potentially be aided by OSE Equipment
			*Although most non-commodity crops (So Fruits+Veggies, not Grains/Beans/Tubers etc) require more labor or Bleeding Edge ULTRA high tech automation (vs a Combine Harvester etc)

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	*		*[https://youtu.be/ku2IlJMb_h0?si=0iI95oGKbHj0Zkvc A Video by the YouTube Channel "Prairie Fire" Titled "The looming logistical crisis in American agriculture" ] ( '''~11 Minute Watch''' )
			*https://youtu.be/r5xxTIPKY8s?si=t-pesCQmR0mLkBwO A Video by the YouTube Channel "How Money Works" Titled "America's Latest Farming Crisis" ] ( ~'''15 Minute Watch''' )
			**Mentions the trade war, but also [[Financialization of Agricultural Land]] / [[Land Speculation]]
			**Also mentions the Farm to Taber video
			*[https://youtu.be/9mB5PqWhQeY?si=ennsLD80KAlJTHFD A Video by the YouTube Channel "Adam Ragusea" Titled "Why U.S. farmers rely on soy (and why they're in trouble)" ] ( '''~3 Minute Watch''' )

	[[Category: Food and Agriculture]]		[[Category: Food and Agriculture]]

Eric: Created Page + Added Basic Sections/Info

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New page

=Basics=
*Largely a collection of Op-Eds, so ye be warned here lies [[Editorialism]] etc
*TLDR:
**Corn ( [[Maize]] ) and [[Soybeans]] are the main Cash Crops of the USA
**Much of this market was for export
**Due to [[Trade Wars]] the export market is crashing
**Due to the synergistic [[Crop Rotation]] of both reducing [[Nitrogen Fertilizer]] needs and SOME pest pressure, switching to an all Maize model may drastically impact Soil Health / Fertilizer Consumption / Surges in Pests etc
**Intersection with Markets for Animal Feed due to Trade Wars on Livestock / Animal Products are also making a [[Meta-Crisis]] of sorts
**Energy Prices impacting the [[Corn Ethanol]] Market

=Potential "Offramps" =
==End in Trade War / Return to Pre-Trade War Status Quo==
*"Easiest" but least likely (Due to Political Needs, and how much of the world may have "Moved On"

==Alternative Uses==
*While crashing energy prices don't help (Expensive Gas makes Biofuel "Cheaper" etc), diversion from overseas markets/Industrial Animal Agriculture to [[Biomass]] / [[Bio-Materials]] may be possible
*Main issue is Large Scale Infrastructure Investment etc would need to be done (For Factories etc)
*Also even if there is a Source at point "A" and a Market at point "B", getting the grain Economically and On-Time from point A to Point B is a whole other aspect
*SUPPOSEDLY due to being Export Oriented, in a similar manner to [[Just in Time Manufacturing]] leaving the global supply chain vulnerable during COVID-19 era disruptions, the USA Market may be in a similar situation where it relied on Ships/Freight Trains etc ''as storage'', thus in the meantime there may be gaps in storage capapcity

===Relevant Equipment===
*[[Open Source Industrial Food Processing Construction Set]]
**Mainly:
***[[Open Source Expeller Press]]
***[[Open Source Continuous Solvent Extraction Plant]]
***[[Open Source Deep Vat Fermentor]] / [[Open Source Ethanol Still]] etc
***[[Open Source PLA]] (Granted High RnD Complexity, thus "Just in time to be too late" )
***[[Starch Bio-Polymer]] work
***[[Open Source Transesterification Biodiesel]] equipment
***[[Open Source Anaerobic Digestion]] / [[Open Source Biogas Upgrading]]
****Insert Link Here, but one plant is diverting [[Brewers Grains]] from Animal Feed to Anaerobic Digestion and it made some local news feed (Pun? :3 )\
***[[Open Source Grain Bin]]
****This would PROBABLY be a hard sell given how specialized+cost efficient/established the industry already is
****[[Controlled Atmosphere Storage]] / [[Food Irradiation]] etc may be a route that could be explored, but WAY higher RnD Complexity, and thus probably "Just in time to be too late"
***[[Open Source Engineered Meat Alternatives]] (Think [[Open Source Textured Vegetable Protein]] etc
**[[Open Source Biochar Kiln]] (in particular capacities approaching a [[Rocc Kiln]] or [[Open Source Rotary Kiln]]

=Internal Links=
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=External Links=
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[[Category: Food and Agriculture]]