Dave Epp at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On March 28th, 2022. See this statement in context.

March 28th, 2022 / 12:20 p.m.

Conservative

Dave Epp Conservative Chatham-Kent—Leamington, ON

Thank you.

I want to pick up on that point. One of the reports that's come out from the government is that fertilizer use has increased by 71% from 2005 to 2019. Can you comment on a couple of areas? Is that actual fertilizer application? Or is that fertilizer storage?

In that same report, it documents that the emissions have gone up by only 64%. I assume that alludes to an increased efficiency. Can you comment on that, please?

Let me add one more thought. My other understanding is that there's also been a massive change in crop mix, which is feeding that.

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