The price of fuel and fertiliser is to blame for the increasing price of food‚ not Covid-19‚ says the Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TLU SA).
This week's sharp rise in the price of fuel and the record high prices of fertiliser have hit both consumers and farmers.This week's sharp rise in the price of fuel — R1.21 a litre for petrol and R1.48 for diesel — and the record high fertiliser prices put both the consumer and farmer on the back foot.
Local fertiliser prices are at record high levels for nitrogen ‚ phosphate and potassium ‚ which especially sharply increased in the past few months. “According to calculations by Grain SA‚ the total variable cost of maize is expected to see an average increase of 20%-28% year on year‚” said TLU SA.
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