Agricultural destruction in BC, and consumer prices on some items in Northwest

[ATCclears]

BC got hit hard on the weekend. Highways, rail lines, and now agricultural/food production.

It makes me wonder if it will result in more sales to BC from suppliers in the US Northwest, and hence price increases here if BC consumers are effectively willing to pay more just to get the items.

Devastating flooding in B.C.’s agricultural heartland has farmers scrambling

Farmers are potentially facing months of disruptions as entire communities in the Fraser Valley, among the hardest hit was Abbotsford, found themselves underwater

www.theglobeandmail.com

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[CountryGent]

I've been keeping an eye on the flooding up that way. Wild stuff.

 

[arakboss]

BC got hit hard on the weekend. Highways, rail lines, and now agricultural/food production.

It makes me wonder if it will result in more sales to BC from suppliers in the US Northwest, and hence price increases here if BC consumers are effectively willing to pay more just to get the items.

Devastating flooding in B.C.’s agricultural heartland has farmers scrambling

Farmers are potentially facing months of disruptions as entire communities in the Fraser Valley, among the hardest hit was Abbotsford, found themselves underwater

www.theglobeandmail.com

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