Farmers face soaring costs from Iran war | BBC News

Farmers in peak planting season are grappling with spiralling costs as the Iran conflict pushes up the price of fuel and fertiliser.

New figures suggest inflation - the rate at which prices rise - for farm running costs is more than 7% higher this March, compared with last March.

Farmers have told the National Farmers Union they can't absorb the extra costs and food prices will likely have to rise as a result.

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