Iran blockade plunges global fertiliser trade into crisis

UN has warned the Hormuz blockade could cause a full-blown global food crisis within six to 12 months

Irish farmers are among the most vulnerable, completely depending on 1.7 million tonnes of imported fertiliser a year.

Even as the European Commission rules out short-term fertiliser crisis help for farmers, the risks for global food production became clear across the Atlantic.

Some may think it fitting that American farmers suffer for the folly of their president, who has left farmers in the USA paying 72% extra for farm diesel and 55% extra for urea fertilisers, since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz in late February brought a stalemate in Trump’s "Operation Epic Fury" war against Iran.