Why 70% of Farmers Can't Afford to Grow Food Anymore
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🗓️ 11 May 2026
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Patrick Bet-David breaks down the global farming crisis, rising food prices, and fertilizer shortages impacting American farmers. Learn how Iran tensions, supply chain disruptions, and inflation are crushing farm margins and driving grocery costs higher for consumers.
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| 0:00.0 | They did a study to find out what percentage of kids under the age of 10 know where milk comes from. |
| 0:03.8 | Did you know a third did not know that milk comes from cows? They thought it's just at the store. Do you know why? Because we have no clue what farmers do on a daily basis. You and I don't. We don't even think about farmers. All we think about is why is this food so expensive farmers have become greedy? Well, we don't realize that this Strait of Hormuz challenge that's taking place right now. |
| 0:23.4 | 33%. food so expensive, farmers have become greedy. Well, we don't realize that this Strait of Hormuz |
| 0:21.4 | challenge that's taking place right now. 33% of global fertilizer, seaborne trade, passes |
| 0:27.3 | through the Strait of Hormuz. Just in 2025, you know what percentage of farmers filed |
| 0:31.9 | bankruptcy last year? Up 46%. These people could go one, two, three, five years making nothing. And today, it's the |
| 0:42.6 | worst it's been for them in a long time. And when we think about farmers, I think about the |
| 0:47.7 | feeders, they feed you and I, the builders and the risk takers, and only 9% of Americans that |
| 0:54.1 | are in farming are under the age of 35, |
| 0:56.0 | which means what? |
| 0:57.0 | Young kids are not grown up saying, I want to be a farmer. |
| 0:59.0 | They're saying, I want to grow up to be a YouTuber. |
| 1:01.0 | We need more people wanting to be farmers. |
| 1:03.0 | We're going to talk about the challenges farmers are facing today |
| 1:07.0 | and how the warwood Iran is impacting their bottom lines today. |
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| 1:22.6 | It would mean the world to us if you click on that subscribe button. Haven't said, let's get right into it. |
| 1:28.3 | So, prices of fertilizer in just the last few months went from $350 per ton to $600, and these |
| 1:36.3 | farmers are being hit by. |
| 1:37.3 | Now, when we think about farmers, the shipping crisis is making your grocery prices higher, not |
| 1:43.3 | because farmers are trying to explode you and I, |
| 1:46.7 | is because they're going through a challenging time right now. By the way, the average farmer, |
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