Farmers Warn of FAMINE as Louisiana Declares "State of Emergency" Over Diesel Fuel Shortage

Source: Hal Turner

Louisiana's Governor, Jeff Landry, has declared a state of emergency over Louisiana’s diesel fuel shortage, giving farmers and timber harvesters a way to stretch their fuel supply during peak harvest season.

The executive order, signed September 22 and effective September 23, temporarily suspends state penalties for using “dyed diesel” — untaxed, off-road fuel typically reserved for tractors, skidders and irrigation pumps — in vehicles registered for on-road use. The suspension applies specifically to vehicles registered as Class 2 (forest products) or Class 5 (farm use).

“We’re not going to sit on the sidelines while Louisiana farmers are paying record prices to harvest the crops that feed our families and support our economy. We have an opportunity to provide immediate relief, and that’s exactly what we’re doing,” Landry said in a statement.

Under normal state law, using dyed diesel in a highway-registered vehicle carries a penalty of $10 per gallon or $1,000, whichever is greater. The executive order blocks state agencies from enforcing that penalty against qualifying farm and forestry vehicles through October 22.

FARMERS WARNING OF FAMINE

Farmers in Louisiana and elsewhere in the United States, are now openly warning of "FAMINE" because the cost of diesel fuel to run harvesting equipment is so high.

Farmers are having to leave the crops in the fields, unharvested, to rot, because if they pay the money to put diesel fuel into the harvesting farm equipment, the amount of money they would get by selling the crop WILL NOT COVER the cost of the fuel to harvest it, never mind earn a profit.

As more and more farmers are forced to make such decisions, the amount of food sent to market will dramatically drop.  

Farmers are saying this will cause an actual FAMINE here in the United States and in other countries, because the cost of diesel is wrecking farmers worldwide.

Hal Turner Remarks

I have been warning you for months to buy spare food.  Now the Farmers are openly warning of famine.