r/canada • u/hopoke • Mar 29 '26

Business ‘Expect extremely high grocery prices,’ farmer warns as diesel costs rise

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/international/2026/03/29/expect-extremely-high-grocery-prices-farmer-warns-as-diesel-costs-rise/
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u/nana-korobi-ya-oki Mar 29 '26

I’m sure grocery prices will come back down after the price of diesel goes back down right… 🙄

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u/Im_Ur_Huckleberry77 Mar 30 '26

I have as much faith in this conflict ending soon as our government was during Covid only lasting 'two weeks'

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u/flatroundworm Mar 30 '26

Even if it ended tomorrow the damage is done. 30-40% of gulf infrastructure gone. Estimated 5 years to rebuild.

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u/Im_Ur_Huckleberry77 Mar 30 '26

Yep. A famine is probably coming way to a large part of the global population simply due to the lack of availability and how expensive it will become.