In the future, most of the paper asset classes are going to tank, hard, and also, food is going to be seen as getting scarce. So, many a smart investor will see food futures as a sure bet to get rich.
There is just one problem, "Don't Bet On Other People's Food".
The food futures market was designed for buyers and producers to work out prices, and gain some guarantees in price for your growing crops. And this is sorta ok (except that we are working with two groups who have a HUGE power differential). However, the betting/gambling industry got involved, and so you can bet on food prices. And this is sorta ok if there is more than enough food.
When things go REALLY bad, is when there is not enough food. Then food prices go up, and up, and up, until the price of food equals all the money you got. And, this is exacerbated by people betting on the price of food. Then, the SEC runs in, after all the damage has happened, and shuts down the betting, causing everyone (but their friends) to lose money, while the food market is destroyed (those who knew this was coming bought the cheap contracts for delivery, so the farmers get screwed too)
Then, things get worse.
The Future of Food
The future of food looks bleak. Very bleak:
- American farmland has been mined out. The top soil depleted and/or washed out to sea. This means each acre is producing less and less. Soon to be nothing.
- The cold part of the ice-age is upon us. Winters will become longer, and summers will be short and harsh. Not good for growing crops.
- More crop destroying storms are coming. Hail the size of softballs.
- And then you have those mother WEFers trying to starve everyone. You see them trying to limit the number of cows, because "cow farts".
This is why i have written so many posts about getting a homestead and growing your own food, in your own greenhouse, with hail shields!
We are going to face some real restrictions on the amount of food available.
Stock up now.
The Future of Food Futures
I really hate rigged markets, and that goes double when it is dealing with food!
The retail investors are almost always WAY behind the people manipulating the market.
So, the riggers are already buying food futures. They are getting them cheap now. Then, the MSmockingM News will let it be known that we are having a "wheat shortage" (even when it was caused by selling too much to China) and then the retail investors will try to make money on the wheat futures. Unfortunately, this is when the banksters will be selling to all that inflowing money.
And then! Dun, dun, dun!!
The SEC will see that the price of wheat is going too high, and that will make food unaffordable, so they stop the trading of wheat futures. Meaning, everyone who didn't sell, is now SOL. And all the food that uses wheat will now be sold at this NEW HIGHER PRICE. (although those manipulators, like GeneralMilling will be paying the wheat farmers bottom dollar)
The retail investors will have gotten screwed over twice.
It is a very amoral thing to bet on food prices
As a society, that we allow people to bet on future prices of food, and this betting affects the price of food, is really a bad thing for a civilization to allow.
We should do our best to always have enough food, and always pay farmers a living wage. That we allow a large conglomeration, BigFood to dictate prices, and squeeze out the little guy is just wrong, evil, and we will pay with starvation.
That we allow BigFinance to play games with farmers, taking their farms when they have an inevitable bad year should be a hangin offence. That we allow banksters to demand that farmers pay in cash, instead of in kind (what they grow) puts all the onerous on the farmer. The farmer has to do what they do best, grow food. And then, the farmer has to also be a top notch salesman to get the money, to pay back the banks, while the banksters mess with the money supply. This puts the ball completely in the bankster's court, and tilts the playing field so bad, that it is almost impossible for the farmer to survive.
We allowed the banksters to turn everything against the group that supports our existence. And today, we think it is natural. Mortgages are just standard; death contracts are what you need to get a house or a farm. This is why they say "He bought the farm", because that is when the mortgage is finally paid off.
These coming hard times will lead to the entire farming industry being completely changed. That said, hard times, in the food industry, means people starving. So, prepare yourself for that.
In the future, everyone will be a part time farmer.
In between now and then, we will see an explosion in people wanting fresh produce and meat from local suppliers that they can know. This will be a growing market. A way for enterprising people to afford their homestead.
With everyone growing their own food, in the future, the entire mess caused by banksters and their futures contracts will be voided. BigFood also collapses because no one wants their poisoned junk.
So, get yourself a homestead, and stay away from food futures. "It's a trap!"