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		codezero on May 19, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Coming Food Catastrophe I don't know if it was just propaganda, but I saw several videos of grain being looted by Russian troops and supposedly brought back to Russia. Even if that's not the case, a live war has to decrease productivity immensely.

usrusr on May 19, 2022 | [–]

Last week Russia announced a record harvest for '22. Maybe this is completely unrelated.

c-smile on May 19, 2022 | [–]

> videos... grain being looted by Russian troops...

Oh, that's new. How exactly do they do that?

codezero on May 20, 2022 | [–]

Load it onto trucks and drive home.

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