As the fertiliser crisis bites, farmers take drastic steps in Europe

Expensive, scarce fertilisers disrupt farmers’ plans as energy crunch shuts fertiliser plants across Europe

02 October 2022 - 20:27 By Megan Durisin and Elina Ganatra

Ditching oilseed crops for peas, preparing to cut herds and splashing out on tractor gadgets. That’s what European farmers are doing to try to cope with a worsening fertiliser crisis...

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