Albanese and Indonesian governments land fertiliser supply deal for farmers

By Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

The federal government has secured access to 250,000 tonnes of extra urea from Indonesia for Australian farmers.

The deal between Incitec Pivot Fertilisers and PT Pupuk Indonesia was facilitated by the governments of the two countries.

It will provide about 20% of the remaining fertiliser needed for the current season, which runs from November last year to October this year.

There has been considerable panic among many farmers about the disruption of urea supplies. Without adequate fertiliser crop yields would be down, with some farmers not planting crops at…

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