Fertiliser Crisis – Is it set to return?

Fears are growing that last Autumn’s fertiliser crisis may return after the UK government said it would stop supporting the CO2 industry. The government provided temporary support to CF Fertilisers, which accounts for 60% of the UK’s CO2 supplies to counter the threat of chaos in supply chains, after its US owner closed factories in Cheshire and Teesside due to the cost of natural gas. CO2 is used for a large range of practices, including the humane slaughter of poultry and pigs to c