Price hikes in the Middle East's wake: Farmers doubt waiting for cheaper artificial fertilizer

It is not only oil and fuel prices that have increased in price since the war in the Middle East started. Other things, such as the plastic used to protect hay and fertilizer, have also increased by up to 30 percent. Fertilizer is a vital commodity for farmers and now the question is whether to believe it will be cheaper and wait to order or whether to order now and create a stock. - We are dependent on these imported goods, so it's a bit of a gamble, says Markus Levander in Böle outside Piteå, who grows potatoes and raises meat animals.