Tidbits, Russian Fertilizers, MAHA, Cattle on Feed 5/25/25
- Wright team
- May 25
- 4 min read
Highlights
From The Moscow Times: European lawmakers on Thursday approved new tariffs on Russian fertilizer imports, a move aimed at cutting financial support for Moscow’s war effort, but one that has sparked concerns among EU farmers over rising costs.
More than a quarter of the EU’s nitrogen-based fertilizer imports currently come from Russia, with additional volumes entering from Belarus, a close ally of Moscow. The EU Commission wants to end that dependence.
The tariffs will start in July and gradually increase until Russian fertilizer will likely be priced-out of the EU by 2028.
“Three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EU must stop funding “the Russian war machine” and reduce farmers’ reliance on Russian fertilizers,” said lawmaker Inese Vaidere, who spearheaded the bill.
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