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Re:Where are all the containers? The global shortage explained by nl on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @10:26PM (#26575875)
The Roosevelt-created grain reserve was a way to support the price of grain, not as a national security measure.

National food reserves are usually used like this (as a price buffer rather than a something to support security).

For example read about the National Raisin Reserve here: https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/87144/15-strategic-reser...

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Re:Where are all the containers? The global shortage explained by unishark on Wednesday March 24, 2021 @11:54PM (#26576438)
But one of the main reasons a floor on price is desired is to allow farmers to survive financially and therefore keep the country in control of its own food production.
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