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Winter crops need to be sown - but Australia’s farmers are worried about fertilisers and fuel

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par Marit E. Kragt, Professor of Agricultural Economics, The University of Western Australia

War in the Middle East has put a spotlight on the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow sea passage through which 20% of global oil supply is shipped. But far less attention has been paid to another essential product derived from oil and gas, on which the world also relies: fertiliser.

Roughly 20–30% of global fertiliser supply, such as urea, ammonia and phosphate, comes…

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