Chapter 4145: Fly Up
Myanmar has suffered a disaster!
As soon as the news came out, Wall Street was boiling.
Myanmar is one of the world's major grain-producing countries, and it is the cheapest grain-producing country. Its fertile land and pleasant weather make the grain production here exceptionally high. However, since this year, Myanmar has suffered from floods and repeated floods. The expected grain production in Myanmar has been greatly reduced. This is one of the sources of the rise in grain prices this time.
This time, Myanmar was hit by a strong tropical storm that occurs once in a century. Across Myanmar, the death toll from the strong tropical storm was as high as 77,738, the number of missing people was 55,917, and the number of injured people was 19,359. The whole country was in mourning. The main grain-producing areas suffered even more losses. The wheat, rice ears, and corn that were about to mature were all turned into debris under the "baptism" of the strong tropical storm. The farmland was in a mess, the farmers' houses were directly in ruins, several cities were directly flooded, millions of people were displaced, and tens of millions of people suffered from the disaster and had inconveniences in their lives.
What is even more terrifying is that after this strong tropical storm, Myanmar has changed from a major food exporter to a food importer. There is no way. Myanmar has too many disaster victims. Originally, their granaries were full of food, but now their granaries have been destroyed by the strong tropical storm, and the food has been blown away by the strong wind. Even if they are lucky enough not to be blown away by the strong tropical storm, they will be submerged by the floods caused by the strong tropical storm.
Myanmar has no food! This was almost unimaginable before. No one could imagine that Myanmar would have no food. This is too exaggerated and too incredible. How could Myanmar have no food? But now, this is the reality, this is the current situation in Myanmar.
The Myanmar government issued a letter of request for emergency assistance of 10 million tons of food to the United Nations Red Cross. Myanmar has a population of 60 million. Now more than half of the population has been hit by disasters, and nearly two-thirds of the population is facing a food shortage. Myanmar, a major grain-producing country, had to surprisingly send a distress signal to the United Nations.
After the distress signal of Myanmar's food shortage was sent, the country's grain prices collapsed directly. The futures price directly jumped 70%. Overnight, international food prices rose by nearly 100%, and as the food shortage in Myanmar intensifies, the price will continue to rise.
It is expected that food prices will at least double this year. The food crisis is coming!
Crazy, all the merchants related to food are crazy. No one thought that this food crisis would really come. Myanmar, a grain-producing country, would actually have a food crisis. This time, those food traders will make a fortune. And those countries that lack food are finished. With the food prices rising so high, can they afford it? You know, even developed countries like Canada and Australia are already a little hurt by the current food prices.
"Today, global food prices continue to rise. This is a disaster for all countries that do not produce food and rely on food imports.
I hope that major grain-producing countries can open up their food supply to the outside world, use their domestic food reserves to alleviate the food crisis brought about this time, and stabilize food prices!" Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called worriedly.
The original international food price was about $167 per ton of corn. Now, corn has soared to $316 per ton. How can people bear this price increase of nearly double? You could buy one ton at the price you paid, but now you can only buy half a ton. Moreover, this is the recent price. The domino effect caused by the disaster in Myanmar will make the price of corn rise to an unbearable level.
Stephen Harper is very worried that food prices will be uncontrollable in the future. What is an uncontrollable state? That is, the major grain-producing countries will lock in the foreign trade supply of grain because of the disaster. If that happens, the food crisis will really come. Therefore, he and Australian Prime Minister Howard jointly held a press conference to call on international grain-producing countries not to only care about the snow in front of their own doors, but not to care about the frost on other people's roofs.
"I hope that major grain exporting countries such as Russia and Ukraine can open up grain supply and use their own grain reserves to ensure the stability of international grain prices. Otherwise, this time, I am afraid that many disaster victims will starve to death because they cannot afford the high-priced grain. Now it is the 21st century, a civilized society. We cannot watch the phenomenon of starvation. In particular, we cannot sit back and watch people starve to death!" Australian Prime Minister Howard said by name.
The two developed countries took the lead, which naturally triggered the response of major food-deficient countries. They called on the international community to take action to jointly overcome the current difficulties and avoid the food crisis from getting worse.
"Haha, the opportunity, the opportunity is finally here!" Monsanto President Hugh Grant's eyes lit up with excitement.
Now he has finally waited for a serious disaster weather in a grain-producing country. This is his opportunity. It is Monsanto's opportunity, and it is also an opportunity for genetically modified organisms. Of course, Monsanto is not in a hurry now. Before Monsanto takes action, the grain price needs to be higher and more expensive. How expensive, how high? In Hugh Grant's opinion, the best ones should be the ones that the poor countries can't afford at all.
Of course, this will inevitably cause starvation. But if some people don't starve to death, how can it be taken seriously by the international community! If the international community doesn't pay attention, how can it realize the excellence of genetically modified technology. Otherwise, how can genetically modified technology enter all parts of the world. As for those who starved to death, what does their death have to do with Monsanto? If they want to blame someone, they should blame them for not having money. If you had money, how could you starve to death?
"Remember, tell those grain traders that the price of grain will rise again, and tell them not to rush to sell. Now grain is scarce and expensive. Holding grain in hand is definitely better than holding cash in hand. Also, tell them not to worry about being blamed by society. Now the world's largest grain trader is Lin Feng, and he will bear this sin for all grain traders. So don't worry, just go ahead and drive up the grain price and let the grain fly directly to the sky!" Hugh Grant's vulture-like eyes shot out a ferocious look.
At this time, the international community naturally didn't know that there was a black hand behind this matter. The most important issue for the international community now is not to stabilize international grain prices, but disaster relief. Myanmar is one of the world's major grain producers. If Myanmar becomes unstable, not to mention the high grain prices this year, the grain prices will be even higher next year. Therefore, disaster relief must be done first. However, Myanmar's opening offer is 10 million tons of grain, which is a little unacceptable. Many countries are hesitant. Now grain is a scarce commodity, and giving money is better than giving grain. But Myanmar does not want money, but only grain!
What to do? Who will save Myanmar? (To be continued...)