Ottawa—Armed with an independent study that backs its claims, the Western Canadian Wheat Growers Association (WCWGA) is restarting its battle against farm fertilizer reduction rules Environment Canada mooted earlier this year.
An analysis by the accounting firm Meyers Norris Penny looked at the impact of the fertilizer reduction plan proposed by the department on corn, canola, and spring wheat, the big three grain crops in Canada. WCWGA and many other farm groups have blasted the Environment Canada plan.
The proposed rules would lead to a $1.8 billion drop in production in 2023 climbing to a $10.4 billion reduction by 2030, MNP said in the study commissioned by Fertilizer Canada. “The estimated lost production has significant effects on Canada’s ability to fill domestic processing capacity such as canola crushing facilities as well as export capacity.
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