China Fertilizer Curbs Show a Fragile Food Supply Chain
Export restrictions will worry farmers already contending with volatile commodity markets and a barrage of bad weather.
A worker harvests spring onions at a farm in Yunnan province, China.
Photographer: Qilai Shen/Bloomberg
Welcome to Energy Daily, our guide to the energy and commodities powering the global economy. Today, reporter Hallie Gu delves into the implications of China’s latest fertilizer export curbs. To get this newsletter sent straight to your inbox, you can sign up here.
When prices of fertilizer ballooned last year following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, it was a blow for farmers already grappling with upheaval in grain and energy markets.