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Agri­cul­ture Min­is­ter Ravi Rati­ram says there are al­ter­na­tive fer­tilis­ers that farm­ers can use as the Gov­ern­ment seeks to set­tle the on­go­ing dis­pute with Nu­trien.

Farm­ers have been com­plain­ing that there may be an in­crease in prices for pro­duce due to a short­fall cre­at­ed af­ter the com­pa­ny stopped pro­duc­tion for the rest of the year.

The shut­down of Nu­trien’s am­mo­nia op­er­a­tions at Point Lisas is slow­ing the sup­ply of ni­tro­gen fer­tilis­er, which is al­ready af­fect­ing the pro­duc­tion crops in both pineap­ple and rice fields.