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Dame Angela Eagle says Defra is working hard to help farmers manage impacts of the Iran war

The threat to fertiliser supplies is moving up the political agenda as the industry meets Government ministers to drive home the crisis ahead of the autumn planting season

Farmers have faced significant pressure with spiralling red diesel costs since war in the Middle East escalated in February. Will the Government's support be too little too late or welcome news for the sector?

TFA said war in the Middle East is squeezing tenant farm businesses hard

Latest data shows growers are facing energy hikes of 60% as well as rises in packaging and transport

This week from the Farmers Guardian editor Katie Jones

Suffolk Central MP Jenny Riddell-Carpenter said UK food prices could go if the Government does not act to support farmers with skyrocketing fertiliser costs

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

How is war in the Middle East impacting UK farmers? Is the Government doing enough to support domestic food producers as costs for key farm inputs spiral? And are farmers ready to hold protests across the UK?

UK growers are under renewed pressure from conflict in the Middle East, and all at a time when margins were already under significant strain