Fertiliser Prices Skyrocket for Aussie Farmers as Middle East Conflict Rages On

Fertiliser prices skyrocket for Aussie farmers as Middle East conflict rages on

The Middle East conflict is driving up the cost of an essential fertiliser for Australian farmers, but there are other factors more likely to affect grocery prices.

Fears urea could soar to $1500/t as farmers weigh up cost, supply dilemmas

Australian farmers are grappling with nitrogen fertiliser costs, with urea now $1250/t and rising. Growers looking at alternate crops with low N needs.

Middle East conflict responsible for rising fuel and fertiliser costs

DUP Agriculture spokesperson, Carla Lockhart MP, has warned that farmers across Northern Ireland are facing intense financial pressure as the cost of fuel and artificial fertiliser continues to soar as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Farm input costs risk rising as Middle East crisis hits fertiliser markets

Escalating tensions in the Middle East are shaking global fertiliser supply and threatening availability just as farmers prepare for key application seasons.

Fertiliser costs soar amid Middle East war. Will grocery prices follow?

Conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran has now led to the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping route through which a fifth of the world’s oil passes. But oil is not the only important commodity that has been disrupted. The Middle East is a key supplier of fertiliser, exporting some 45 per cent of global supply. Since the beginning of the conflict, the price of urea, a key source of nitrogen used in agriculture, …