Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 16407

Fertilisers and Red Diesel: Prices

Tabled: 7 July 2026
Answered: 14 July 2026

Question

Sir Julian Smith

ConservativeSkipton and Ripon

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to encourage greater transparency for farmers on the price of fertiliser and red diesel.

Answer

Stephen Morgan
Food security is a priority for the Government, and Defra are taking the impacts from the Middle East conflict seriously. The Government has increased the frequency of official fertiliser price reporting, now published by the AHDB on a weekly basis. This ...

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