Most farmers this season may not be able to go back to the ploughing fields after agricultural input prices continue to sky rocket with a 50kg bag of fertiliser now costing more than $400, up from last planting season's $30.
Fertiliser companies who gave oral evidence before parliament's lands committee on Tuesday revealed that the product uptake had gone down due to continued price increases in the country.
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