He is referring to pestilence and famine among the modern descendants of Israel and Judah. California farmers have been cursed with drought, while Midwest farmers have been cursed with floods. Many of their exports went to parts of Africa and the Middle East, and there simply arent a lot of other extra food supplies to make up for the losses. At the other end of the scale, 5.7% of youngsters under 5, or 39 million, were overweight, it adds. Now he struggles to survive by borrowing more money and hiring himself out to plant crops for other farmers. Ep 1. Editing by Alison Williams and David Gregorio, Exclusive: Biden administration could delay electric vehicles biofuel program decision, Donald Trump requests mistrial in rape accuser Carroll's civil case, One-third of US nurses plan to quit profession - report, Donald Trump arrives in Scotland for short golfing trip, Macron faces Labour Day protests as pension reform anger festers, Manila airport power restored, as outage triggers flight cancellations, Alibaba founder Jack Ma takes up Tokyo University visiting professorship, Uzbek leader wins referendum on extending powers. O Lord, to thee will I cry: for the fire hath devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame hath burned all the trees of the field. The American Farm Bureau Federation estimates that every 5 million acres of unplanted fields subtracts 25,000 tons of grain from the nations production. The gender gap in food insecurity, which grew during the pandemic, widened further last year, the report says. Thats a lot of food. U.N. development goals call for ending extreme poverty and having zero hunger by 2030, but the report says projections indicate that 8% of the world's population nearly 670 million people will be facing hunger at the end of the decade. Small farmsteads cannot turn a profit, so farmers are selling their land to bigger farms or urban developers. But action must be taken, and quickly, if the worst is to be averted for of the Biblical tetrarchy, none have killed as many innocents or toppled as many monarchs as the black horseman, famine. Follow the coming tribulation on WordPress.com. Heres how the U.S. can help. Why will ye die, O house of Israel? What a terrifying question! China, which accounts for 20 percent of global food exports, is facing a worst in history winter wheat crop due to delayed planting caused by unusually heavy rainfall last year. Ukraine and Russia are some of the world's biggest wheat producers, combining to produce around 25% of global supply. There is a real danger, warned Beasley on Wednesday, that the ripple effect of Ukraine will cause it to rise even further in the months ahead and that some countries will be pushed into famine as a result. Some are calling the Midwest floods the worst agricultural disaster in modern U.S. history. Is America on the Cusp of a Food Catastrophe? - Rapture Ready They will use food shortages for revenge and abuse, and as an attack on Trump. It will get much, much worse. The result will be global destabilisation, starvation, and mass migration on an unprecedented scale, he warned. Browse an unrivalled portfolio of real-time and historical market data and insights from worldwide sources and experts.