I work in agriculture and it's definitely been a tough year for procurement. Packaging supplies, truckers, chips and computer components, tractors, etc. Everything takes longer to get and costs more. Yet at the same time the major retailers are paying less then ever for our products. If things were really so dire wouldn't they pay more for a dwindling supply? My theory is this is completely artificial and directed by the largest most powerful corporations in our society who control governments worldwide with their deep pockets. In particular the US government is merely a puppet theater for a small cabal of ultra powerful corporations.