‘The sums don’t add up’: UK farmers struggle as Iran war drives up costs

Prices of crucial farming inputs such as fuel and fertiliser skyrocketed just before the spring planting season The small green oilseed rape plants are buffeted by the wind on a blustery spring day. Sown last August, the crop is starting to shoot up and should be ready for harvesting in July, when it can be turned into cooking oil or biofuel. The peaceful 230-hectare (568-acre) arable farm owned by James Cox on the edge of the Cotswolds in Gloucestershire is a world away from the conflict in ...

By Joanna Partridge