A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a tractor loading single super phosphate into a hopper at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows Muriate of Potash fertiliser in a hopper at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a tractor loading single super phosphate into a hopper at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows fertiliser on a conveyor belt at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a farmer loading fertiliser into a spreader at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a tractor with a spreader fertilising paddocks on a dairy farm near the small rural town of Yanakie, some 190kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a trucking contractor watching fertiliser loaded into his truck at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a tractor loading Muriate of Potash fertiliser into a hopper at a fertiliser depot in the small rural town of Buffalo, some 163kms south-west of Melbourne. Importing 90 percent of fertilisers, Australia is facing a severe shortage due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz. (Photo by William WEST / AFP via Getty Images)