This is layers of odd. As many readers are aware, the prices of fertilizer have skyrocketed as supplies have been heavily impacted by increased energy costs and supply chain issues. Many people have worried if a shortage of fertilizer may impact farm yields this year.
Against this backdrop CF Industries, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of hydrogen and nitrogen fertilizer, is warning its customers that Union Pacific Railway Lines is now restricting the amount of container tonnage they will permit. [Press Release Here]
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CF), a leading global manufacturer of hydrogen and nitrogen products, today informed customers it serves by Union Pacific rail lines that railroad-mandated shipping reductions would result in nitrogen fertilizer shipment delays during the spring application season and that it would be unable to accept new rail sales involving Union Pacific for the foreseeable future. The Company understands that it is one of only 30 companies to face these restrictions.
CF Industries ships to customers via Union Pacific rail lines primarily from its Donaldsonville Complex in Louisiana and its Port Neal Complex in Iowa. The rail lines serve key agricultural areas such as Iowa, Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas and California.
Products that will be affected include nitrogen fertilizers such as urea and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN) as well as diesel exhaust fluid (DEF), an emissions control product required for diesel trucks. CF Industries is the largest producer of urea, UAN and DEF in North America, and its Donaldsonville Complex is the largest single production facility for the products in North America.
“The timing of this action by Union Pacific could not come at a worse time for farmers,” said Tony Will, president and chief executive officer, CF Industries Holdings, Inc. “Not only will fertilizer be delayed by these shipping restrictions, but additional fertilizer needed to complete spring applications may be unable to reach farmers at all. By placing this arbitrary restriction on just a handful of shippers, Union Pacific is jeopardizing farmers’ harvests and increasing the cost of food for consumers.”
On Friday, April 8, 2022, Union Pacific informed CF Industries without advance notice that it was mandating certain shippers to reduce the volume of private cars on its railroad effective immediately. The Company was told to reduce its shipments by nearly 20%.
CF Industries believes it will still be able to fulfill delivery of product already contracted for rail shipment to Union Pacific destinations, albeit with likely delays. However, because Union Pacific has told the Company that noncompliance will result in the embargo of its facilities by the railroad, CF Industries may not have available shipping capacity to take new rail orders involving Union Pacific rail lines to meet late season demand for fertilizer. (read more)
Things get increasingly curious when you look at who owns majority stakes in CF Industries (manufacturer), and who owns Union Pacific (distribution):
The top two shareholders of CF Industries are Vanguard and Blackrock:
(SOURCE)
The top two shareholders of Union Pacific are Vanguard and Blackrock:
(SOURCE)
#Local matters now more than ever.
If it gets as bad as has been suggested, even “Victory Gardens” won’t be safe from pillagers.
WAR, is coming. Hungry men will kill to feed their families and if the elite think they will escape retribution they are fools, that goes for politicos as well.
Non will escape even those hiding in the bunkers upon they’re heads will be placed a price.
Huh, the other two of the top three to own Twitter as well. What an amazing set of coincidences.
Vanguard and Blackrock are actually the principal owners of every major company in every major industry in the world, including Pharma, agriculture, media, and tech.
I did some more digging and found these two articles about UP.
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/fertilizer-producer-says-up-shipment-restrictions-could-threaten-crops/
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/union-pacific-to-begin-metering-traffic-if-shippers-dont-reduce-car-inventory/
mankind will never learn … we don’t run the show … “HE” does … karma … and large swaths of death is the reality of mankind’s follies …….
Blackrock and Vanguard are a global agent of evil now. They are all aligned to screw humanity out of their god given right to live
And they control almost – ALL – corporations in the world. Search for ‘monopoly who owns the world’ in Bitchute… its take off of YT now.
The last time I checked, you can still Google the top 10 owners of any company by name. Pick any major company in any industry and there is a 99 out of 100 chance that you will see Vanguard and/or Blackrock listed.
The BIG question is why? Why would Blackrock and Vanguard Group do this other than to increase the cost of a scarce commodity during difficult economic times? Well, Duh!
These large multinational, globalist corporations – especially hedge funds – are out of control. Time for a little “Come to Jesus” meeting in Congress. Oh, wait…all of our politicians have been bought by the globalists. OK, never mind…
No.
You were right. At least partially. It is time for a come to Jesus meeting.
So they can blame food shortages on Putin and get their war.
Lots of tanker cars idle, plenty of organic fertilizer coming out of industrial hog farms. It is all there for the taking and distributing. Pump it up and spray it out on a windy day.
In Martha’s Vineyard!
And the government will not try to intervene. They are all in on it.
No worries. Mayor Pete is on it.
…wonder if he’s done breast feeding his kid.
Chest feeding.
Decentralize. Decentralize. Decentralize.
I can’t emphasize this. enough. Decentralize government. Get rid of corporations (centralized entities) — humanity was not meant to play god on any scale.
It always leads to horrible outcomes.
This morning I asked the brave search engine whether it’s possible to live a self-sufficient farming lifestyle anymore. The second result was a 50 year old article from mother Earth news (from back when it was populist and antiauthoritarian). Very interesting read.
https://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/self-sufficient-farming-zmaz74jfzhol/
Not amazing at all. Blackrock, Vanguard and State Street control almost ALL corporations… in the world! Search ‘monopoly who owns the world’ in Bitchute – it’s been taken down from YT, apparently. And all info based on Wiki source.
April 7th was World Health Day – spearheaded by The World Health Organization (WHO). The entire article is too lengthy to post here. The following is an excerpt from the WHO website:
Food Systems contribution to the overall food system gas emissions:
~ Production 39% due to inputs of fertilizers
~ Methane from livestock raising & rice cultivation combined 35%
~ Land 38%
~ Distribution 29%
~ Refrigeration used by the retail sector 5%
~ Packaging 5.4%, which is more than transportation and other supply chain factors.
“Through the pandemic we saw the healing power of science and we also saw society’s weakness.’ Our experience has brought awareness for the need to create sustainable societies that are more connected and committed to achieving equitable health, now and for future generations, while conserving the environment.” WHO
Got a link?
Degrowthers unite! Geesh
Any question on whether this is or is not a self inflicted wound or not. I refer back to what was written long ago
But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such government, and to provide new guards for their future security.
Curiouser and curiouser.
Where is Congress and the GOP? They should be asking hard, public, and repeated questions about why UP and CF Industries are making odd economic decisions like this. If anything, both companies should be expanding, not retracting, demand for their products.
Are the executives of Blackrock and Vanguard manipulating (at the start, this could be anti-trust, conspiracy to commit criminal acts, etc.) the actions of these two companies, and do B&V also intend to use their shareholder powers to direct further criminal conspiracies to affect issues of national security?
Remember, campers, this has a silver lining: If the leadership of these two companies are engaging in this kind of illegal action, this phrase may become a handy cocktail party talking point for you in the months ahead:
“Confiscation of all assets under RICO.”
Given the vast greed and wealth of these two companies, we might be able to completely pay off the U.S. national debt in 2025 because B&V leadership have gone…bonkers.
I doubt an 8% stake by either company is enough leverage to pull of this kind of subterfuge. Admittedly Vanguard and BlackRock have entered into an incestuous relationship, but even with both of them together at a 15% equitiy stake I doubt that is enough to sway either CF Industries or Union Pacific into doing what they’re doing. Sadly, this article only regurgitates press briefings given by CF Industries. Union Pacific has yet to weigh in officially on what their reasoning is. I suspect that by the Union Pacific declaring Force Majeure on their contracts something else is going on and the reasons given are just cover for what’s currently happening.
corn carry has been given priority over fertilizer because the priority given them by the US gov’t: ethanol production.
Official Washington (the Surface Transportation Board) is taking note of the railroads’ explanation of service cuts.
“The big four U.S. railroads – BNSF Railway, CSX Transportation, Norfolk Southern, and UP – are experiencing service problems to various degrees. Last week the STB ordered their executives to appear at a two-day hearing on service issues. The hearings will be held April 26 and 27.”
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/union-pacific-to-begin-metering-traffic-if-shippers-dont-reduce-car-inventory/
It seems to me CF Industries has product available for sale and shipping but not at a price that was contracted for with Union Pacific. If the farmers can’t afford the fertilizer at the new price I guess Union Pacific refuses to ship and deliver at said contract price thereby taking a loss. Or possible fear that the product will sit in rail cars unable to be delivered since no one is taking delivery at the new price.
I highly doubt that a 7% and 8% shareholder stake is enough leverage over either CF or UP to cause this kerfuffle. This reminds me of how the price of chlorine tablets for pools rose three fold just a couple of months ago when one of the few remaining factories that make these tablets burned to the ground. Tablets went from around $90 for 35 lb buckets to over $260 for the same weight. And, that’s if your lucky to find them.
I think UP was trapped into long term shipping contracts at specific prices per ton. When sanctions were placed on Russian exports including fertilizer the supply of fertilizer was suddenly reduced and the costs skyrocketed. More greedy capitalist pigs I guess. UP was stuck in contracts to deliver at a certain price but was unable to obtain product at those prices and had to declare force majeuer to break the contracts. Either that or go bankrupt.
Of course we have Biden on top of the situation. He’s spending all his time searching for Easter Eggs hidden by Jill Biden around his Delaware basement and chasing ghost guns that keep popping up occasionally like monsters in a Scooby Doo cartoon to keep him busy.
If we’re lucky he won’t ship all of our harvest this year to his masters in Beijing to keep them happy.
I have shipped hundreds of thousands of tons of pulp paper and products by rail over the last 30 years. Railroads do not bill anyone for the commodities or price of goods shipped on their lines. They bill the customer or the supplier for the freight PERIOD. They may have a contract price for shipping with the manufacturer CF, however there is about ZERO possibility that UP’s attorneys failed to insert commodity increase or fuel increase clauses into the contracts.
Since you’re in the know. Then why would UP declare Force Majeure on their fertilizer contracts. I’ll be honest. I really don’t know if that happened. I’ve only read about it on a couple of other websites. There seems to be only rumors about what’s going on and no clear details.
corn produces ethanol- US gov’t wants ethanol production given priority .
Hence corn carry bumps out fertilizer carry.
The Biden cabal is scrambling everything to enable it’s stoppage of domestic oil production.
this comment makes sense and is one of few that does – UP determines the price of shipping not the underlying commodity – that’s between manufacturer and end user. Something else going on and we don’t know it yet.
This is far beyond coincidence. It is enemy action against American citizens.
Fertilizer is already in short supply and much more expensive due to the Russian / Ukranian war, and the shutdown of both their fertilizer andbgrain exports. This affects South America, the MidEast, and the Third world more directly than the US, because they are more dependent on those exports than we are.
BUT, as those areas start to starve, the flood of foreign invaders on our Southern “Border” will become a plague of locusts, looking for food, anywhere they can find it.
That the US .gov continues with the wasteful corn ethanol money transfer in a time of food shortage shows that they intend the chaos to fall on the American citizens, so that we will be ready to accept them as saviors, rather than elevating them in the Parisian manner, as they deserve.
It seems to me that we here may be looking at seasonal shortages, as occurred prior to industrial agriculture and food imports, with major shortages / hunger happening in late Winter / Spring, when stored foods run out, and harvests are not yet ready.
Prepare as you can, it’s going to get rough.
This all may be the actions of the greatest enemy of all that is good, but remember that he acts through human tools, and we know their names, and the names of their tools.
Why are conservative “journalists” NOT hounding Union Pacific for answers?
Because their kids aren’t screaming at them about their empty bellies. Of course, by then, it will be much too late to do anything about it. Except trying to rob your neighbor of their food.
Call in the trucker’s convoys !!!!!
What’s odd is I’ve seen this being pandered in the news with dozens of conspiracies attached to it… Yet no one seems to have bothered to ask Union Pacific anything about it.
Here comes the black horse of famine. The only thing left is the pale horse. Please, get right with God if you haven’t already.
For a fuller examination of this matter, both as to RRs and US strategics, there is this:
https://theological-geography.net/?p=64656
If only we had antitrust laws…
Corporatist Apex predators rampaging freely, with nary a care in the world.
The UP railroad has been mandated it’s prioritization carrying corn over fertilizer by the US Gov’t.
the gov’t’s priority is the production of ethanol, a corn based energy source.
so the railroads are prioritizing cars going to corn transported.
This prioritization of corn, coupled with the traffic bottlenecks plus labor shortage has resulted in the cutting back on the fertilizer carry.
That’s hilarious, as it is well documented that ethanol increases greenhouse gases because of the nature of its production.
What is the specific reason? In cahoots with China or The Biden White House???
Hmmmm….if I was the suspicious sort…..
What you failed to mention is both Blackrock and vanguard are members of the WEF. Not curious at all once you I derstand the WEF is the puppet master.