u. s. department of agriculture for this season of 2020 to 23. russia is estimated to be the world's largest weight producer, and early on friday, russia's president wide report and basically confounded saying that this year alone, russia has already delivered $30000000.00 tons of grain abroad and is ready to increase to 15000000 tons and more as the harvest here in russia is very good. russia's present watermark put and also reminded that's only 3 percent of the grain, but so far left the unblocked ukrainian ports was going to the poorest countries. while most of it was sent to the u, which is unfair of widen reporting believes, as the whole idea behind the un and turkey world, current deal was to help starving africa. so he concluded that this williams should be actually increased, put, and also mentioned that the 4 months of this year alone in russia has supplied $7000000.00 tons of fertilizers to other countries. this is another hot topic as this is what the harvest and other countries strongly depends on. and he also mentioned that a supply through the european ports is still prohibited

u. s. department of agriculture, railways, transport 635,000 carloads of corn each year 320,000 carloads of wheat and 250,000 carloads of beans. and it's important to note here that 40% of grain exports here in the us are transported by the rails. and the strike could affect food inflation, where prices as we all know, are already so high with fish and meat up at least 10% and fruits and vegetables. also up 10% the white house says it is working on a contingency plan if this strike moves forward. we are working with other modes of transportation, including the shippers and truckers, air fright airfreight to see how they can step in and keep goods moving in case of this rail shutdown. all right, for more on the implications of a potential rail strike. we're joined once again by railroad economist jim blaze, who you just heard from a moment ago in tom's piece. we appreciate you taking the time. jim. thank you for doing it. let's start with pleasure. let's start with the movement of goods across this country. we already know there's just an incredible backlog at the ports, especially the busy

u. s department of agriculture's food nutrition programs. coming up at 11 a bizarre and dangerous challenge on social media is prompting a warning from the fda. what parents need to know. and we're back here with the forecast that includes a chance for some more of those showers. maybe even a thunder shower. we'll have the five day forecast next. also, google paid a man a quarter of a million dollars through direct deposit on accident. now the company is now responding all of fire burning at a commercial building off washington avenue 139th very much so an industrial area of the city between 5 80 80 live pictures now from a ktvu photographer who just arrived at seeing you could see multiple agents. they're surrounding this building ladder trucks just dumping a ton of water. you can see the glow of the flames. they're still at this building in san leandro now. initially alameda county called the second alarm that has gone to a 3rd and 1/4 alarm. this basically means mutual aid is being called in and said, hey, we need some help here. so the o

u. s. department of agriculture says food prices have increased by 13% since july of 2021.n the i r s gets audited from time to time. one of the most recent audits revealed some problems with the child tax credits. the audit shows the i. r s sent out more than $1 billion in child tax credits. to millions of taxpayers who should not have received them. it also showed the agency did not send more than $3 billion to households that did qualify. the i. r. s is being told to reverse those incorrect payments. companies are focusing on older demographics this holiday season. they are increasingly catering to adults with the release of more nostalgic products, the senior vice president of hasbro says many adults are attached to memories of their childhood and want to relive some of those experiences or share them with their children. those light sabers are very popular. i'm pam cook. that's a look at your dollars and cents, speaking of nostalgia and sharing things with their children, happy meals are no longer just for little ones. mcdonald's is teaming up with streetwear brand cac

u . s. department of agriculture says new data shows many farmers are reluctant to go organic. ays the number of farms converting to organic production fell by about 70% from 2000. 1008 2 2019 just 1% of the nation's farmland is in organic production, while organic produce makes up about 6% of food sales to convince more farmers to go organic. the usda has committed up to $300 million to help more farmers make the switch. the cdc is dropping face mask requirements at most hospital in nursing homes as part of the covid-19 revisions now that the number of cases are going down the cdcs recommending that communities with high transmission rates, keep them as requirements and nursing homes and hospitals. all bay area counties are classified as low transmission risk. we'll sleep, experts say, having a routine where we go to bed and get up at the same time, every day is what is best for our bodies. they say our brains need consistently to consolidate memory function at a high level and cope with stress. do better if you sent a set schedule to sleep and a set schedule to do the work tha