Another concern I'm bringing to this thread:
I was driving from San Jose, CA to Vancouver WA over the last two days, and I had ordered SiriusXM for the rental car. I listened to a huge variety of channels, including an agriculture one, called Rural Radio.
The most interesting interview that I heard on Rural Radio on XM was that by 2027, spilling over into 2028, fertilizer will be very, very hard to come by. The economic pressure exerted by the Oil and Gas crisis, along with China's political power to forward purchase remaining supplies, will leave farmers in dire need of enough crop fertilizers for the yields that they now enjoy. As it gets more expensive, farmers won't be able to spread at the application rate they need for good yields.
I'm a gardener and pretty much grow organically, but of course I'm in a low pest climate. But I do need fertilizers to maintain the intregity of my raised beds, of which there are 15 (8' by 4'). I'm focusing on longer term storage squashes as a back fill due to the costs of fresh produce being outrageous in the grocery stores. I need to stock up on all types of fertilizer to try to mitigate their increased costs. If stored in a dry, cool place, I wonder what the shelf life of them would be.
