Agriculture: Diesel
2026-05-14 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · 1655 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to support farmers in Lincolnshire with the increase in diesel prices.
Answer
Food security is a priority for the Government, and Defra is taking the impacts from the Middle East conflict seriously. The Government has increased the frequency of official fertiliser price reporting, now published by the AHDB on a weekly basis. This w...