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Originally Posted by Stranger
Farmers are already taking measures to decrease the amount of inputs on our crops. In the past 5 years we’ve started using sectional controls which decreased our inputs 5-8% on each field. This year we stated using variable rate controls on a few fields to test it out. We’ll see this harvest how it worked out.
Trust me. We are trying everything to decrease what we put in. My fertilizer bill alone this year was over $450,000. If I can redistribute how and where it’s used and cut back on that bill I will, but I definitely don’t need a politician who’s never been to a farm to come in and say cut it all by 30%. Profit margins are slim already. This could really hurt farmers at a time when the world need our grain.
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Thank you for taking the time to post this. The reality is, a huge percentage of Canadians have no clue where their food comes from, and is what makes this nitrogen reduction policy so dangerous.
This is a video produced by a Sask Farmer, Many here will not appreciate some of the manners and tone he uses to convey his message but he points out some key facts about our agriculture system Canadians should start to understand are already in place and implemented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMG4kuEN_kM