Evan Bernstein
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1,829 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Apr 2026
last heard 13 Jun
Evan Bernstein’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So this is not dollars or currency.
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This is just a measurement of the cost of fertilizer worldwide.
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January 31st, 2020.
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Okay, this is right before pandemic.
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70.84.
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April 30th, 2022, just last week, 254.97.
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So that's about 3.5 times higher in price.
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If you're a farmer and you're paying 3.5 times the price of fertilizer, oh my gosh.
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I mean, look, prices do go up when it comes to commodities and things, but not usually by 3.5 times over the
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They'll go gradually up and down over regular business cycles.
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And companies can either absorb the hit off their profits.
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They can show a smaller profit to the shareholders.
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In many cases, the company will raise prices on their goods.
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And it doesn't have to be much, especially in volume.
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Things can go up a few pennies at a time over the course of the year.
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Nobody's going to raise hell.
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But farmers who have to deal with these kinds of rapid increases, they not only have to resort to charging more.
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And it actually is combined with cutting into some profits, but it can create a situation in which the companies that produce the food for the world are going to just produce less of it.
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A couple of examples.
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Brazil, world's largest soybean producer, 20% cut in potash use, could bring a 14% drop in yield.
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