Farmers face soaring costs from Iran war | BBC News

From BBC News.

Farmers in peak planting season are grappling with spiralling costs as the Iran conflict pushes up the price of fuel and fertiliser.

New figures suggest inflation – the rate at which prices rise – for farm running costs is more than 7% higher this March, compared with last March.

Farmers have told the National Farmers Union they can’t absorb the extra costs and food prices will likely have to rise as a result.

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