Mr. Casper Kaastra at the Agriculture and Agri-Food Committee

On October 5th, 2022. See this statement in context.

October 5th, 2022 / 5:55 p.m.

Chief Executive Officer, Sollio Cooperative Group

You are right, Mr. Lehoux.

We are making our procurement plans for the next season. Obviously, we are looking at buying from countries other than Russia, as I said earlier.

Before, approximately 60% of the fertilizer imported for Eastern Canada came from Russia. The percentage was even higher for nitrogen, which was about 80%.

We are currently looking to source our supplies elsewhere, in the Middle East, Africa, Nigeria or Trinidad and Tobago, to name a few. I would add, however, that things are not that simple.

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