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 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 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)

A photo taken on June 22, 2026 shows a farmer holding single super phosphate fertiliser 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 holding single super phosphate fertiliser 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 urea 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)

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 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)