Have you read the study undertaken by the Federation of Quebec Producers of Cash Crops?
Moreover, this federation was not the first to do this: the committee also undertook a study comparing fertilizer prices in the United States with ours, particularly at the border. The study showed that some fertilizers were much less expensive in the United States, but did not draw a similar conclusion for all products used by farmers.
The Federation of Quebec Producers of Cash Crops recently published—the comparisons were made on March 13, 2009—figures showing that producers in at least four American states pay significantly less for fertilizer than their counterparts in Quebec.
I will give you an example. Urea 4600, which sells on average for $563 per tonne in Kansas, $599 in Ohio and $614 in Minnesota, costs about $900 in Quebec.
Are you aware of the study? Can we attribute the fluctuation in price to the time period when the study was done? Would you agree that, in many cases and for many products, costs are lower in the United States?