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Farming Today: 30/03/22 - New fertiliser technology, grassland sulphur use and whisky exports to Australia.

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30/03/22 - New fertiliser technology, grassland sulphur use and whisky exports to Australia.

BBC Radio 4 - Farming Today, 30/03/22 - New fertiliser technology, grassland sulphur use and whisky exports to Australia.

The Government sets up a roundtable to discuss rising fertiliser prices.

As fertiliser prices rocket, the government sets up a roundtable to discuss strategy - and we hear about the latest innovation to make the most of farm and industry waste.

The huge hike in fertiliser prices has prompted DEFRA to set up an Industry Fertiliser Roundtable, chaired by Farming Minister Victoria Prentis. The group will discuss the impact a shortage of fertiliser will have on UK farms and also look at alternatives. We hear from one company working on just that - CCM Technologies makes pellets of fertiliser out of products like manure or digestate, combined with waste carbon dioxide and ammonia from industry.

A farming trial backed by the Welsh Government has found that applying fertilisers enhanced with selenium and sulphur can increase grass yield by up to 11%. Tests were carried out on three farms in Wales, where soils are often deficient in those minerals.

And until now, exports of Scotch whisky to Australia have been subjected to a 5% tariff. But the new UK-Australia Trade Deal will see that removed - so how are distillers responding to the change?

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