Fertiliser Time Bomb: gas, geopolitics & carbon taxes threatening 2027 Prices

Podcast: Hydroponics Daily · Eutrema Ltd

Opublikowano: 2026-10-28

Dr. Russell Sharp ranks and explains the major threats to fertilizer and pesticide prices in the UK looking toward 2027, covering energy costs, geopolitical risks, supply bottlenecks, and regulatory changes. The episode highlights rising natural gas and oil prices, sulphur and phosphate shortages, Russia and Middle East tensions, the UK carbon border adjustment mechanism, potential sanctions on suppliers, and proposed harmonised regulations that could harm smaller biostimulant and hydroponic businesses. Listeners will learn how these factors could drive up input costs, reduce product choice, squeeze farm margins, and feed into higher food and turf-care prices — plus wh...