agriculture responds to these problems by adopting regenerative agriculture practices. as we started our farming, ranching journey as conventional farmers, we didn't know what we didn't know, and we were part of the problem. around 20 years ago we discovered the holistic approach to ranching and farming and our path to organic ranching and farming practices. we take a moment to explain regenerative agriculture. it is a system of farming principles and practices that seek to regenerate and enhance the entire ecosystem of our farm, our ranches, by concentrating on building soil health which increases soil biodiversity and organic matter leading to more resilient soils that can better withstand climate change impacts like flooding and drought. regenerative practices help us fight the climate crisis by pulling carbon from the atmosphere and sequestering it in the ground. healthy soils lead to strong yields and nutrient-dense, rich crops. to do this on our farms we're using the practices to build soil health, no till or minimum till keeping the soil covered with diversity of

career opportunities in the agriculture industry. as a representative of pennsylvania's 15th congressional district, i had the great privilege of working firsthand with many farmers and foresters. in the commonwealth of pennsylvania, we're fortunate to have more than 59,000 farms. these men and women work hard to feed and clothe not just pennsylvanians but our nation and overseas. their hard work results in agriculture being pennsylvania's number one industry. agriculture and its associated industries contribute more than $135 billion, or about 18% of pennsylvania's economy. the industry employs half a million workers, including 280,500 direct jobs. i'll end with one of my favorite quotes about agriculture from president jefferson. quote, agriculture is our wisest pursuit because it will in the end contribute most to real wealth, good morals, and happiness, end quote. now, this sentiment rings just as true today as it did in president jefferson's letter to george washington in 1787. our farm families truly embody the best of the amer

agricultural entrepreneur valtÈre yao koffi doesn't want to wait that long. for young people, who want to help the country move forward with digital agriculture. valtÈre: when young people on social media see others like them who went to school and got diplomas, but then returned to the countryside, to this land that feeds people, i think that will create jobs. reporter: he hopes to create a real community of networked organic farmers across the country. host: that's all from us at “global 3000” this week. drop us a line at global3000@dw.com, and visit us on facebook too, dw global ideas. see you next time. take care. ♪ >> this is "dw news" live from berlin. russia indicates it may shift its war aims in ukraine. a senior official says the first stage of its campaign is complete and that moscow will not august on eastern ukraine. this comes as ukrainian forces recaptured to -- recapture territory near kyiv. also coming up, the u.s.

and drdowns foundt is ctaminatewith nenicotinos largelas a result runoff fr agricultural fields. >> 8 years ago, a coral reef organism-wide survey was conducted to measure the amot of pesticides th could be found in at lea 22 corareef organisms, ranging from corals toueen con to a nuer of coal reef shes. wh we discored was at out oall the sames that collect, 68% of the samples that we collected were contaminated with imidacloprid. 53% of the samples we collected were contaminated with fipronil,hich is another systemic pesticide. so the level of contamination on a coral reef, especially the second-largest barrier reef in the world, is pretty disturbing. >> if neonics harm animals, what about people? in human surrogates like rats and mice, neonics are linked to a wide range of disorders. and in human blood studies, they are linked tdna damage and cell mutations. federal agencies like the environmental protection agency are really supposed to be, um, managing these insecticides in a way that causes minimal harm to humans and other animals. >> starting in the 1990s, agency scientists were

they're bringing agriculture back.niela: we need to make this a viable business for young farmers to actually go out and produce more because that's what we need, no? lo: we'rtremendous consumers, you know, as puerto ricans. you know, as it is, i hear the behemoth of amazon is doing, like, a daily flight to puerto rico of how much stuff is being ordered. daella: but that's not by miake. this is very much a calculated process, is that this is very much us being a colony by definition, a colony--of resource extraction. so we are consumers by design, that this is not something that just happened. we have been put in this siation after generations and generations of being a colony. we've been a colony for what, 500 years now? pedro: just. daniella: how much food is produced in puerto rico? 10-15%. jose enrique: i think we're higher than hawaii, which is crazy. hawaii imports, like, a lot, and we're, like, even higher than them. but i think it'll changeyou know. and it's like, what you're doing and what we want to strive fo

. >> how is agricultural land in the united states used? how has that changed over the years and relied on them to certain products. >> the largest amount of land area is used for corn and soybeans and after that wheat. the largest area by far and much of that goes into directly into livestock feed we use some corn to fuel ethanol per the byproduct of that goes to feed as well. there are food products food ingredients come from soybean and corn. we have roughly 90 million acres of both of those crops depending on the year. we also have a lot of wheat with specific northwest as well. >> why is so much dedicated corn and soybean to feed livestock? >> because the livestock, the poultry converted that to protein. that's obviously a major suit food source they need to feed it takes a lot of feed for them. a lot of that corn and soybeans and wheatet gets exported. it's different crops, traditionally for example about half of the wheat has been exported substantial portion of our corn and soybeans have been exported as well too. >> exported for co

agriculture?>> the rulemaking that i mentioned, i can assure you we kept on top of the ocean carriers for example how if there is an overwhelming demand now, what are we doing for the united states to correct that in the future? none of us know exactly how long, whether or not the demand will continue. but we understand of the information was provided that 705 new ships are on order and a lot of that capacity will be available to the united states. >> and how many were decommissioned in the last 18 months? my understanding is they haven't decommissioned and suddenly the numbers. so they go to new ships on order but it seems to be a backlog, as a result of backlogs. that's what we should be addressing and what i think you are addressing. >> one of the issues if it seems simple to add more, that is one of the reasons we have these lines, they end up waiting in line so you are quite right it isn't as simple as that capacity and it's also the overall supply chain capacity that has both of us in disgus

american agriculture is strong. we have overcome far worse, and we will not let these radical policies hold us back from the job of feeding this nation. i call on the administration to take a good long look at how their policies are harming us here in central washington and in rural communities across the country and take immediate steps to reverse them. we deserve far better. thank you, mr. mann. thank you for helping recognize the importance of american agriculture, and i appreciate your leadership. . mr. mann: thank you for joining us tonight. mr. speaker, next i'd like to yield to the gentleman from pennsylvania, a staunching defender of -- staunch defender of farmers in his district. thanks for joining us tonight. mr. keller: thank you, congressman mann. as we, national agriculture month comes to a close, i'm reminded of a speech paul harvey delivered to the f.f.a. in 197 -- 1978 no truer words have ever been spoken about america's farmers. listening to the speech brings back memories of the days spent working

they face supply chain issues, but working mainly with agriculturals adds to the difficulties our agricultural producers and farmers face every day. all the while our farmers continue to deal with increased input costs. c.n.h. industrial, the biggest facility by square footage in the united states, also faced supply chain issues. during our visit we heard firsthand about their difficulty getting essential parts for their equipment. but their employees innovated and starting producing the much needed stablizer bar on their backhoe. this little part was not felt it could be produced in the united states. imported from bra disail -- brazil, they designed, cut, welded in two weeks to immediate the need. the industry did not think it could be done here in the united states. it was inspiring to see what the people of iowa are capable of doing during this difficult time. but these visits showed me much more about the impact of supply chain disruptions have on everyone throughout southeastern iowa. lamont molding does custom plastic design and molding for h vac, concrete accessories for roads and buil

he were to book an african agriculture as potential the foreman's lessons and challenges. hello said, thanks for your time. now. food supplies are urgently needed in somalia, about this, eat as being diverted to ukraine due to the ongoing war. so who decides who lives and who dies in such situations. thank you very much. what, what is important is that the available resources dedicated to countries, daily sources available, jewel somalia may be in short supply on the basis of the nate. and my call is that on the basis of what the or that you and it is, is that doing not only the what, what program alone is to impose their budget, what is yet to support to monetary and made all the you any differences that are present at that i work in somalia, i'm out of pocket, seen how the programming the budget to support these monetary i me, but i just might, my call is to what voice i need to call on international communities to support the country on the current co monetary on it, which is the idea would have over 3 me about $3000000.00 people and they didn't who monetary assistance

, agriculture. you'll be on the, for the current crisis, committed to train at least $1000000.00. i mean, to commercialize 1000000 farmers must get a farmer for the next 5 years and nobody private is sorted in commercial. i think 3500000 pharma ok commercialized pharma is where at least 90 percent of the firm produce is sold in the market as opposed to 10 percent in the past. there's so many areas to dig to dig into this. i. mr. old whistler, please stay with us that we have more to talk about regarding food security. another reason why people can i get enough to eat is simply because the prices are higher than the above are been the you and estimates that people in sub saharan africa are now paying 30 to 40 per cent more than the rest of the world. in kenya, the hashtag low food prices has been trending for a while now. prizes for bread and oil have shot up in the last 3 years. many kenyans are struggling to make ends meet as our correspondence reports. ah, we are given market here in a row be and

he were to book an african agriculture as potential the foreman's lessons on the challenges. hello sir. thanks for your time. now. food supplies are urgently needed in somalia, about this aid as being diverted to ukraine due to the ongoing war. so who decides who lives and who dies in such situations. thank you very much. what, what is important is that the available resources dedicated to countries, ideally available. jewel somalia may be in short supply on the basis of the nate. and my call is that on the basis of what the or that you and it is, is that doing not only the what, what program alone is to impose their budget, what is yet to support to monetary and made all the you any differences that are present at that i work in somalia, i now it is possible seeing how the programming the budgets to support these monetary i me, but i just my, my call is to what boy, i need to call an international community to support the country on the current co monetary on it, which is the idea would have over 3 me about 3000000 people and they didn't who my italian assistance with the 30

that agricultural industry is really important to the rest of the world.rly half of global sunflower oil exports come from ukraine as the 16 and a half percent of corn and 12% of wheat. i caught up with an economic adviser to president zelinsky and on their supervisory board of the state—owned company. thank you forjoining me. i really appreciate your time. let's start with this. the ukrainian economy is a significant global player. more so than some might think so can you paint is a brief overview of the economy and its performance over the past few years?— and its performance over the past few years? yes, it is the [arc est past few years? yes, it is the largest in _ past few years? yes, it is the largest in band, _ past few years? yes, it is the largest in band, not - past few years? yes, it is the largest in band, not counting| largest in band, not counting russia. not a very rich country but still large economy. it is primarily, is not too different from other economies and i should say that it has been developing quite rapidly so we've seen some good

agriculture in ghana, for example, is a struggling sector.rages women to plant their own backyard gardens, it's economical, and their families get to eat freshly grown food. ♪ >> a crowd of women is gathering to get some gardening tips. growing fresh produce isn't hard. and the benefits are enormous. >> here in northern ghana, alberta akosa and her team are showing local women how best to create a 'backyard' vegetable garden. the small organization started out as a social media project. >> we are all planting together. >> and did so gathered momentum, attracting a growing number of female followers. >> we had seeds at our office, we had some small garden tools, so we started advocating, putting on social media that if you want a backyard garden, just contact us. i don't want to use the word crazy, but it was crazy for us. >> within a week, 700 volunteers signed up for the "one household, one garden" program. many of them were women who had got out of the habit of gardening, or whose husbands didn't want them working in the garden. but during

only the agricultural giants have the means to compete with the investors who are pouncing on this new rule material. in that amendment, they skeins going around the world, took encouraging versus the boys to these trying go to market with these returns that they say by a huge amount of water. and they might engage money out of what's becoming the new was to red and gold. and he is a if, if he can make a 25 percent return on your investment obeta, or would you try and do it? ah, it has melvin's day inside. he's temperature's heat. 42.3 degrees. olivia live 42.9138 with 30 degrees at midnight melvin did get new nodes of water live in the city of melbourne. the business capital they are bankers, insurance, pension and investment fund managers. and they are gradually taking control of this blue and i need to, i let you know, would i land, would i consider it? yes, but i'm not a farmer. i'm an investment banker. how much did you invest? not much. might be $20000000.00. the price of what has doubled, but in the next 10 years it will double again because of intensive agriculture there's a lo

he's a consultant on farming and agriculture where their focus on ukraine, where he also run the farm east of give. he just returned to germany and i asked him what his experience has been the last days re motion. i believe we had a lot of people. all was everybody discussed about it before, but i couldn't believe that we hadn't and only both the wrong key to my car from keith. so unfortunately i brought my car ready to be before to germany. so i was alone and what makes it much easier to quit cable or whatever it took me there. yeah, of a day to get rain and the growth rate and live to germany. do you know what has been happening to your farms and to your employees? yet, so we are in our context, we're kind of working on our in so we are discussing, you know, how to say to the people we paid already to time salary money. we organized, we brought we to kia and brought to be to, to a local beer, to what you are now, a little bit people because read in all religious. what will this conflict mean for ukraine's agricultural sector, which is important to the country's economy? it depends.

there is no counting the one that has a fully organic agriculture sector. nothing nowhere. right. so a lot of lot of people who know about these experts, the professors ok also door door. so i should have put a spotlight on where you think the government is being deficient. i'm going to remind people that you are an opposition politician. so this is your job. in the meantime, me now i've just been looking on twitter algebra english, have a look here on my laptop. we have a developing story placing for lanka, fine, t a gas and water cannons. dispos, huge crowds. protesting near the president's residence in columbia, you have done reporting at protest and demonstrations. i'm just going to remind our audience, some of the stories that you filed, this one in particular was a demonstration. quite recently. let's take a look another day and another valley with thousands of angry people taking to the streets, into lanka. they came from around the country, desperate to be heard without municipal de loc, grenada. people are facing hardships, even those who have money don't have goods to bu

the agricultural sector is among the hardest hit after the government band, a chemical fertilizers in a failed bid to become the world's 1st 100 percent old gun farming nation. thousands of angry farmers have been protesting on the streets is michelle fernandez. now reports from columbia. totally done with silica is worried. the far most on pullin norway. not central sher lanka says the yield from his patty field has dropped by nearly half dead to pay and cost rising every day. he says farmers are struggling that are packed i up. you got me login because we have already pulled our tractors our spring machines, our wives, jewelry, and even their wedding rings have been formed, home rush cookers and so and machines have all been borrowed against that metallica and thousands like him across the country. blame president brought up a raja boxes decision last year to ban chemical fertilizer. this decides and we decides for the lower yields. officers from the statistics department are assessing how much of the harvest has been affected. one agriculture, so, so dodge 0 years have fallen by 40

but in the next 10 years it will double again, because of intensive agriculture. me, there's a lot of discontent between the farmers and the people who are controlling the water. and so the farmers sometimes look at these people as border barrens or water bandits because they controlling board of the many times i can't afford as an owner of expensive water reserves. david williams, prince, his water thomas, as others would rent land in the future is looking bright. ah, if we go to 9000000000 population and the chinese want more food and the indonesians morford and the indians, what more food and they can afford to pay for it? then we need to find more intensive ways of growing food. that means more water that's going to lead you smack bang in there. how you get that water, how you price it, how you allocate it, and how you regulate it with the being based on water. it's getting back to the old days of the landlord and the pace of pharma. and if we want to survival cy into it, we're going to have to bother water. what lane lords deemed the war his way? back to the

is they discover and reveal the most appropriate people to pull out of agriculture. as it is for making cas, as it is for lots of things, we live in a competitive, well, me market mature, spot market, derivative markets for water options for what's new intelligence and information systems. we're building artificial intelligence and machine learning. for as far as we're all in the guy, the mike money. ready mike, living out of just trying to order worst. we're just interested in getting more of the might by water to make a living, not just making living by buying and selling water. the system was putting for the families to create well for the, for the economy. but it's being taken from the farmers now who's making the money water purchased at the market price has drained the australian countryside. only the agricultural giants have the means to compete with the investors who are pouncing on this new rule material. in that amendment, they skeins going around the world, took encouraged versus the boy to the strong go to market with these returns that they say buying hu

the agriculture industry in australia with billions of dollars. the value of water in australia is worth even billions more. so if we want to make sure this, the river is kept alive. if we want to make sure there's water there for the future, we have to engage in that process. that of course, forced a proper market for for more to buying and trading. has estrella got it right yet. it's nice. we don't and we might be the test case. we haven't got 100 percent right. blue water was the last remaining natural resource to have escaped trading in. ready but australia has just blown the final whistle the time has come from maximum profitability and the creation of well who i'm my new. ready owner, i speak on behalf of my people and they offer just land in this water. ready water for me and my people. ready which are part of who we are. ready ready is a part of our storage, our creation storage today is different australia as implemented what to market. yeah. how do you look and that we don't like it very much. we don't like it at all. a change here to fi

her big agricultural players saw it as an effective way to buy water whilst others plan to supplement that income by selling their surplus or if it did, what else? good to go. well, good, right. but 10 years later the market had become ruthless. so 3513 over 3. 50. no. like there's lots of people that don't understand the watermark. i don't understand the watermark just lisha k followed all the tong is the status of what's happening and i don't think a lot of us know what's happening in the water market. alicia boy, you know and look at the watermark cuz lots of forms that i need to purchase. yeah . especially if you're looking for watering, you think all all garden. ready logan, oh, sure, keeps going up on the strategies on extreme. the lewis has searing temperatures, put emergency crews on notice, and authorities ready to answer any major process. reco it's failed to day and more said to tumble to morrow with adelaide full cons to he'd $45.00 degrees, nudging the hottest. i am wrinkled for the city to see face won't, it won't be able to control any. my delayed himself east australia

they've taken on the military, and they're taking on agriculture. they're taking on the two hardest things in our siety, an they're not even 30 years old. hey' amazing young men and women. >> i'm in such a better mood. i feel as though i have a goal. there's light at the end of the tunnel. i've come to the conclusion that that's exactly it. 've sort of found some peace and contentment, andt's been so long since i've had it that it felt foreign to me, you know? >> and a hundred years from now, we look back at these times, there's gonna be some profound things that are said about americans living right now. and hopefully they say good things. and that's-- i want to be part of that. >> at this point, maybe i've brainwashed mysel but at this point, i can't even imagine anything more important than growing food. >> this is it. teach these guys how to farm. they n feed themselves. they can feed the community. they can feed their family. they can have sustainable life through sustainable agriculture. >> to transition from a battlefield to a farm field is a

across the so here region we believe that this will, this will significantly improve rain that agriculture and will significantly improve production in the, in the region. the additional education will give us improvement of ecosystems in, in the area. so it's a win win situation for the environment. for this, tommy and gigantic energy would create more than 4 times the energy currently constant global each year. the scientists believe that could be used to contribute to clean development in an array of different ways in africa, from infrastructure to the dissemination of what it all in all the logistics and politics of transporting the energy and the estimated cost of some $20.00 trillion dollars. make the project seem rather unfeasible. reversing desertification is possible. we can restore sort of water cycles and vegetation to protect the livelihoods of millions of people with natural or high tech methods. but what is also clear, the cost and the efforts involved in the process mean that we will never be able to turn all the worlds as a fight land into fertile soil. to stopped as edific

let's start with agriculture why are you focusing there right now?> we look at the cash flow of the american farmer. beans, wheat, corn commodities plus livestock significant opportunity to use that cash flow to buy the equipment and the equipment is 100% write-off under the current rules and not wearing it because of saint patrick's day but i like john deere and welcome case new holland with about 1.3 billion shares selling at $10. how much will the farmer spend and then the fertilizers and so on and to the degree to encourage the american farm ere to continue to produce, fence the fence that's important to fight inflation. this button -- >> i remember it. >> it's not for march madness. it is for two score eight years ago. 1974 win. win inflation now. that's got to be along with the other dynamics of invasion and so on. and interest rates are one of the dynamics that we look at that's the agricultural axis second system is aero space and defense. the amount of money put in the budget and have to do to anticipate what may happen in the future opposed

one agriculture so, so dodge is 0 years have fallen by 40 to 50 percent because of the fertilizer ban. the president said the measure was aimed at making she lumpkins healthier and switching to 100 percent organic agriculture. but it was removed 6 months later, after wide spread protests that america says, the idea was a good one, but the weight was quickly implemented was wrong. oh wow. fantasy they were not consulted about the moon and an angry at a short sighted experiment. dacy has caused them dearly me just one bush that we never thought this would happen, ample unruh our, which was so self sufficient. but we want is to chase this government out that aside because of this injustice that i came here to day. they are, the politicians were route from 1977 must take responsibility for the crisis. they are the ones who dragged our country and took the situation. i wonder if the anger brought thousands of protesters, including that metallica to pooler, narrow in the north central province. the government, especially the president, clearly emphasized that this plan was made in order to

these are huge players in agriculture trade.ne of the guests yesterday talking about these are the sort of prices that lead to riots, that have these huge applications. when we are looking at where we see the worst of the crisis, where we could see these implications, are there regions in particular that are concerning right now? reporter: wheat is a commodity most affected by this. this week, we have seen wheat prices rising 40%, and we know they are historic moves. there are a lot of countries that are big wheat importers, especially in the middle east and north africa. these are countries pretty close to the ukrainian russia. -- pretty close to ukraine and russia. there are other countries that can offset this. the u.s., eu, even india could be seen extra wheat demands. these price levels are going to hit wheat importers pretty hard. dani: i know this is very difficult to predict, considering how the war unfolds, but depending on how long it lasts, is there permanent scarring even if we were to get a cease fire today, that wo

one agriculture, so sold out 0 years have fallen by 40 to 50 percent because of the fertilizer ban. the president said that measure was aimed at making sri lankan healthier and switching to 100 percent organic agriculture. but it was removed 6 months later, after widespread protests that america says, the idea was a good one, but the way it was quickly implemented was wrong. oh nancy, they were not consulted about the moon and are angry at a short sighted experiment. dacy has cost them dearly miss jennifer bush, that we never thought this would happen ample on a route which was so self sufficient. what we want is to chase this government out, that i thought because of this injustice that i came here to day, we are politicians were ruled from mansion, 77 must take responsibility for this crisis. they are the ones who dragged our country, took a situation. i wonder if the anger brought thousands of protesters, including that metallica to pull an error in the not central province, the government, especially the president. it clearly emphasized that this plan was made in order to establ

the agricultural sector was among the hardest hit after the government band, chemical fertilizers in a failed bit to become the world's 1st 100 percent organic farming nation. a thousands of farms have been protesting. as michelle fernandez report from columbia county lay that metallica is worried, the farmer from fuller norway north central sher lanka, says the yield from his padding field has dropped by nearly half. we did to pay in cost rising every day. he says from us of struggling that had a factory up yoga phillip in there, we have already pulled our tractors. our spring machines are wives, jewelry and even their wedding rings have been formed. home rush cooper's and so and machines have all been borrowed against that metallica and thousands like him across the country. blame president brought up a raja boxes decision last year to ban chemical fertilizer. this decides and we decides for the low a yields. officers from the statistics department are assessing how much of the harvest has been affected. one agriculture, so, so dodge 0 years have fallen by 40 to 50 percent because

you're no stranger to the agriculture committee, as we all know. the chairman has extensive experience with financial and agricultural markets. during his tenure as a chair and commissioner, he has been in the forefront of issues critical to global market stability. the chairman was one of the first financial regulators to ring the alarm on climate crisis. he's created a dedicated climaten unit at the agency focused on addressing the significant risk climate change poses to the financial sl. the cftc has significant experience regulating digital asset derivatives and prosecuting fraud and abuse. in digital asset markets. given the increasing size and scope of the market for digital assets, many of can which are commodities, we are looking to the cftc to advise us on how to best protect consumers and markets. so i look forward to getting your perspective, mr. chairman, on the benefits and risks prevented by these emerging technologies and the role the commission and regulating this market. so i will turn it over to you for opening comments and then

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well, turkeys, agriculture, ministry recently said that it does not expect grain supply shortages due to the conflict and that it could turn to other sources. but if you look at the figures, russia and ukraine together account for nearly 80 percent of turkeys, wheat imports. and right now it's unclear if these 2 countries will and can continue to supply. and at which cost, even if other global suppliers like canada or the u. s. would step in, it's likely to get more expensive because of rising transportation and energy costs . i'm experts here in turkey. economists tell me that they do expect for the price hikes for basic goods, especially for bread, but also for gas and oil. so the consequences for turkey's already ailing economy could be quite severe. skyrocketing inflation has already caused a lot of anger and despair. and now the war could actually add pressure to already existing problems. julia target president, reserve tar about along is warping us in line here is out of a new member country of the same time. turgeon as economy are heavily dependent on its ties with russia. wel

so said the food and agriculture organization, incoming water will hit africa hardest. but how does it relate to the anti-russian policy of the west needs the african republic to imitate the food package of the average family by 45% in a month, and south africa is the main supplier of food to the neighbors and not the poorest country on the continent, one of the reasons for the price of fuel in italy is on the verge of closing 11% of agricultural enterprises. and almost a third are forced to work at a loss. there, diesel fuel has more than doubled in price fertilizer almost tripled russia, one of the leading exporters in the world in france, rising prices at gas stations caused huge queues in which stand, including truck drivers, and their delay in the flight is a disruption in the supply of goods, a shortage, and so on in a circle. and just imagine the damage to oil prices after the fires in saudi arabia at the huge storage facilities of the aramco company, the oil it produces provides 80% of the income of the kingdom, the flames broke out after a massive rocket attack

north africa, europe, asia, all depending incredibly on ukrainian agriculture.f the green that comes from here. there will not only be a famine, potentially, in those parts of the world, but also, additional pressure on us, the united states, to produce, and export, throughout the world. that will affect both on the hunger level, people throughout the world, but the prices for pretty much all of us, across the planet. >> i want to follow up on what the u.s. can do to increase green production this season, which will be an important part of this puzzle. jake, a lot of reporting, thank you so much, in lviv. >> thank you chris. >> next, a remarkable moment in washington dc today, as a confirmation hearings began for the first ever black, woman nominated to the spring court. a historic scene, and the republican tantrums that, predictably, followed, after this. d, after this from puerto rico when he was 17. with ancestry, being able to put the pieces of the puzzle together... ...it's amazing. it's honestly amazing. ♪ it wasn't me by shaggy ♪ being able to put the pie

i rise today to talk about the situation we have with agriculture, water in california, and the president's acknowledgement a couple days ago that we are going to see a food shortage in the world, but partially even the united states of america. that's unbelievable to me. how could we, the united states of america, be facing possible food shortages? indeed already on the store shelves empty space. i remember a story a few years ago where boris kwreltsin, president of you shall--yeltsin, president of russia, was vitting and took him to a grocery store in the united states. mr. lamalfa: he was amazed and blown away and emotional by the variety we have here. yet the priorities don't seem to be producing for americans, even producing for those we help around the worrell. it seems to be waste basted more on environmental needs like in my home state of california where they are releasing more water to the ocean than to agriculture this year. why does this affect all americans? why does this affect you? because so many of the crops that you -- that we grow in california supply somewhere between 90

well, turkeys, agriculture, ministry recently said that it does not expect grain supply shortages due to the conflict and that it could turn to other sources. but if you look at the figures, russia and ukraine together account for nearly 80 percent of turkeys, wheat imports. and right now it's unclear if these 2 countries will and can continue to supply. and at which cost, even if other global suppliers like canada or the u. s. would step in, it's likely to get more expensive because of rising transportation and energy costs . experts here in turkey, economists tell me that they do expect for the price hikes for basic goods, especially for bread, but also for gas and oil. so the consequences for turkey's already ailing economy could be quite severe. skyrocketing, inflation has already caused a loss of anger and despair, and now the war could actually add pressure to already existing problems. during the target president, richard tar about along is warping us in line here is out of a new member country at the same time. turgeon is economy are heavily dependent on its ties with russia.