I saw that on one of my farming pages. Scary to say the least. I'm trying to figure what to grow with the least input and still harvest a decent crop. Glad I have a barn full of sheep manure. Seeds on the other hand might be scarce for some. I plant soybeans in my vegetable crop rotation so i need to call my guy this week.
@farmer steve .
On the topic of seed.
I don't grow as much as You do but have been doing the garden/orchards since my parents taught me when I was a toddler.
Local farm/feed store has bulk vegetable seeds which are way cheaper than the the packets, I buy by the ounce/pound. Some seeds last a long time, I buy a few years supply and store them carefully. Good to have as I remember 2020 when there was a run on seed due to covid/kung flu farce.
Get a good book on saving seeds. Some seed will last many years properly stored, others like corn don't last.
The books will also tell you about pollination and weather it's easy or a PITA to save your own seeds. This only works with heirloom/non-hybrids.
Things that are easy to save are lettuce, beans, parsley, spinach, .....tomatoes and peppers if you plant varieties a bit apart. Carrots and squashes will cross pollinate easily and are a PITA, carrots will cross with the weed, queen Ann's lace.
I just started saving asparagus seed, long term effort as the first year plants are tiny and need care.
Most brassicas are biennial except broccoli, and they can cross pollinate. The if you only grow one variety of non-hybrid broccoli you can save the seed and avoid cross pollination. I've also had good luck with kale, have same variety from my Mothers strain for many years. It's a biennial which you can overwinter ( I'm in zones 4-5). The 2nd year the kale will flower before the other brassicas get going and will produce pure seed. Two or 3 kale will produce enough seed for years (stores 5 years), and will also self seed and make "volunteer" plants you can overwinter.
Seeds that store long are: brassicas, squashes, beans, beets, lettuce, spinach, lettuce, raddish, turnip/rutabega, chard.........carrots tomato and pepper are intermediate but should be OK for at least 3 years, I've had them last longer.
Saving seed could be a whole sub-topic