I know of no dollars that have been attributed to projects to develop or increase nitrogen production. I know there have been ideas lofted and thoughts of the good thing that could go forward in that direction, but I know of no dollars that have been attributed to that.
As far as phosphorus is concerned, yes, it is an important product—you know as well as I do—for the starter fertilizers that we use for growing the soft red winter wheat that we grow here in Ontario so abundantly and in such top quality that other nations look upon us to supply it. Phosphorus, though, really comes from only a few places in the world, and it has been on an upward trajectory for many years.
With phosphorus in particular, we saw the perfect example of how tariffs are just a bad idea that penalizes our farmers, because the United States put some protectionist policy tariffs in place to protect some of their own producers in the United States. In turn, we were paying a tariff on a tariff when we brought phosphorus in.
I can't speak enough about how retaliatory tariffs hurt our farmers, penalize our farmers and, ultimately, jeopardize our family farms.
