Cheap energy cuts global fertiliser costs

Andrew Marshall
Updated February 5 2016 - 8:27am, first published 4:00am
Cheap energy cuts global fertiliser costs
Cheap energy cuts global fertiliser costs

CHEAPER sea freight and mining costs, courtesy of lower global energy prices, have changed price fundamentals for fertiliser, aided by a surge of gas availability in North America and a lot of new urea production in China.

Andrew Marshall

National agribusiness writer for Fairfax Agricultural Media.

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