Sam Hawley

Hussein Abish is a senior resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Institute.

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I'm Sam Hawley.

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COVID, Ukraine, now Iran.

For years, the food supply chain has faced severe pressure and the cost has been passed on at the supermarket checkout.

So how bad is it this time?

And when will another round of price hikes really kick in?

Today, we speak to an expert in the costs around our food supply and to South Australian grain grower, Louise Flohr, about the increasing pressure on farmers.

I'm Sam Hawley on Gadigal land in Sydney.

This is ABC News Daily.

Louise, as a farmer, you're very used to uncertainty, but my gosh, this must feel like next level at the moment.

Yeah, I bet.

And for farmers like yourself, you're having to make decisions without knowing, I guess, what is around the corner, not knowing how long this war is going to last for.

So just explain that for me because I know there are farmers who are sort of deciding not to plant crops this year, maybe halving their crops.

So what position are you in right at the moment?

Now, you obviously rely heavily on your farm on diesel.