Question follow-through · 121911
Fertilisers: Costs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the farming sector on the financial impact of changes in the costs of fertiliser due to the conflict in the Middle East on UK farmers.
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- Answering body
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- Tabled
- 18 Mar 2026
- Target answer date
- 23 Mar 2026
- Answer
- 24 Mar 2026 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Mar 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions she has had with the farming sector on the financial impact of changes in the costs of fertiliser due to the conflict in the Middle East on UK farmers.
23 Mar 2026
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
24 Mar 2026
Answer published
Defra recognises the recent increase in fertiliser prices caused by the conflict in the Middle East. We are in close contact with domestic fertiliser suppliers and farming unions and are monitoring overall supply to the UK. Defra will continue to engage w...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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