Poland considers capping fertilizer prices

Poland considers capping fertilizer prices and offering producers compensation to offset losses, Minister of Agriculture Henryk Kowalczyk said. “We are inclined towards covering losses of fertilizer producers so that they offer stable fertilizer prices to farmers," Kowalczyk said”.

This year, the government implemented a PLN 3.9 bln program of subsidies for farmers to compensate for high fertilizer prices. The minister explained that if fertilizer prices for farmers were PLN 3,000-4,000 per tonne, this would be acceptable, but with prices of PLN 7,000-8,000 per tonne, the subsidies are insufficient.

(WNP)