UK’s biggest fertilizer plant closing

UK food supply is now vulnerable after spiraling energy bills prompted the permanent closure of one of only two major fertilizer plants, Report informs referring to The Telegraph.

Farmers and meat processors warned that domestic fertilizer supplies are now under threat after CF Fertilisers announced it would shut down one of Britain's largest ammonia plants.

CF Fertilisers will shut down its Ince manufacturing plant near Chester, which provides crucial supplies of nitrogen fertilizer and carbon dioxide.

The company said it could no longer afford to keep the plant open amid spiraling gas prices and high environmental taxes. Production has been suspended since September.

High fertilizer prices will deter farmers from growing the wheat required for making bread. The cost of fertilizer has risen from around £200 per ton before the pandemic to around £625 per ton in recent months.