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Iran war - George Eustice: "We need to think about national resilience first and foremost"

Former Defra Secretary George Eustice draws on his experience of dealing with price shocks during war in Ukraine to offer some long-term solutions which could help UK farmers contending with challenges from war in the Middle East

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International Fugitive Emissions Abatement Association chair George Eustice said: "There has already been an impact on fertiliser prices and farmers face an anxious time worrying whether they can recover these increased costs from the crops they will sell. Longer-term, we need to think about national resilience first and foremost and that can only really come from recognising the potential of natural biological cycles on farms."
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International Fugitive Emissions Abatement Association chair George Eustice said: "There has already been an impact on fertiliser prices and farmers face an anxious time worrying whether they can recover these increased costs from the crops they will sell. Longer-term, we need to think about national resilience first and foremost and that can only really come from recognising the potential of natural biological cycles on farms."

As the current growing season unfolds against a background of strife and conflict in the Middle East, both farmers and policy officials in Defra will be feeling a terrible sense of deja vu. In 2022,...

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