Rising fertiliser prices put farmers under pressure and pose a dilemma for the EU

Now under pressure to lift the anti-dumping charges, it implemented in 2019 on fertilisers coming from the US and Russia

Already, in the UK, ammonium nitrate fertiliser prices are at or near record price levels. File Picture: O’Gorman Photography.

High fertiliser prices may yet prove to be the least of farmers’ troubles caused by the price increase of more than 400% for natural gas in Europe.

Fertiliser manufacturers use natural gas to make ammonia by adding nitrogen (from the air). Several big manufacturers have been forced by higher gas prices to cut back fertiliser production.