The Connection Between Soil Health and Fertilizer Costs Canadian Producers Are Starting to Pay Attention To

Fertilizer has been the largest single operating input on most Prairie grain farms for years, and that was true well before the 2021–2022 price spike. Canadian producers are on track to spend close to $10 billion on fertilizer collectively in 2026 — a figure that reflects both elevated global prices and the scale of nitrogen dependency built into Prairie cropping systems. In Saskatchewan alone, fertilizer costs for canola were running around $88 per acre in 2021 before climbing to over $180 per acre by 2023. They have not returned to where they were.

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