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[–] Liz@midwest.social 45 points 2 days ago (3 children)

People listing Hawaii like they could meet the total US demand, even if they could scale to maximum production overnight.

Most of the corn we eat is Brazilian. Most of the corn we grow is feed corn for cows and process corn for HFCS and other processed food ingredients.

[–] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

As an American born and raised in Illinois I can also inform the rest of the populace our corn also gets used to make ethanol, an alternative fuel source.

[–] chaogomu@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Ethanol is incredibly inefficient as a fuel source.

If not for the massive subsidies it would not exist.

Still, ethanol is a better fuel additive than lead. (Both reduce knocking)

Still, the far better use is to grow food.

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[–] idiomaddict@lemmy.world 149 points 2 days ago (12 children)

Chocolate, cinnamon, vanilla, pepper, tea, bananas, and a fuckload of other things that are completely integrated into our regular diets are almost exclusively imported.

[–] Tartas1995@discuss.tchncs.de 55 points 2 days ago (11 children)

Sugar too. That ain't healthy and is kinda fancy but... Can you see them losing their shit over sugar prices? I do.

Tomatoes imports were 2.5B in 2023.

Apparently the us imports 15% of it's food supply.

[–] MrVilliam@lemmy.world 56 points 2 days ago (4 children)

That can't be right. Corn can't be only 85% of our food.

But seriously, there's so much goddamn corn. Our meat is fed corn. Our processed foods and drinks are pumped full of corn. Even our fucking cars eat corn. We're up to our fucking ears in ears of corn.

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[–] Squorlple@lemmy.world 83 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Some people have never even looked at a dang banana

[–] Thorry84@feddit.nl 66 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It's one banana Michael. What could it cost, $10?

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In trump's economy, maybe?

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[–] Skyrmir@lemmy.world 97 points 2 days ago (15 children)

Coffee, tea, and everything you're wearing right now.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 38 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A ton of parts of what you are driving, all your maga hats, a ton of stuff that's in your house

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[–] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 31 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (4 children)

Oh no, but I need to buy a new buttplug every day!

Wait, I'm not American, nvm.

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[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago

Well, the US turning into a banana republic will at least solve the problem for bananas.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 21 points 2 days ago (2 children)

You think it's going to be bad when people find out coffee prices are shooting up? Wait until they find out about chocolate.

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

And meat after all that feed gets tariffed.

[–] eezeebee@lemmy.ca 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Good news - chocolate rations have increased from 30 grams to 20 grams

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[–] smokebuddy@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

No more coffee but plenty of PRIME(tm) for all!

[–] CForsyth@lemmy.ca 52 points 2 days ago

Most competent governments think like this goose because their believe in rules based order and systems. Trump doesn't ascribe to that view and I think he will make a sweeping change and will personally govern exceptions until it suits himself and his base. Hopefully that mangment consumes his time enough to make him less effective.

[–] GiantChickDicks@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

I work at a small, premium pet food manufacturer. People already complain about our prices. While most of our ingredients are sourced domestically, specialty meats are not. Lamb, duck, venison, goose, etc. going up will dramatically raise our prices.

Many of our products are chicken, pork, or beef-based, and these ingredients are sourced domestically. The fun twist is the rise in popularity of breeds and designer mixes that are predisposed to ingredient sensitivities or allergies. Many of these breeders advise against chicken or beef in these dogs' foods.

You'd think people spending 3-9 thousand dollars on puppies would be in a position to afford special diets, but my experience says otherwise. It's about to get a lot worse.

We're lucky, in that we're one of the few brands who utilizes mostly domestically sourced ingredients. I would expect pet food to jump generally, which doesn't bode well for the increased pressure shelters and rescues are already facing.

[–] HowManyNimons@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Gonna be some cranky leopards in America.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They are just gonna blame Biden still

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