A recent poll has found that 72 percent of farmers say the Liberal government’s plan to reduce fertilizer emissions by 30 percent will cause their crop yields and food production to plunge if the target is implemented.
The farmers were polled in a study conducted by the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) and released in June 2022.
Taylor Brown, a CFIB policy analyst who contributed to the study, surveyed what Canadian farmers think of the emissions reduction plan—which also calls for large-scale fertilizer cutbacks—introduced by the Trudeau government in 2020.
Working alongside CFIB Vice-President of National Affairs Jasmin Guénette, Brown found that almost three-quarters of the 361 farmers surveyed, who were also CFIB members, said that a mandated reduction of nitrogen emissions would reduce both crop yields and overall food production….