Fertilizer Emissions Reduction Will Not Be Forced on Farmers, Say Feds

Fertilizer Emissions Reduction Will Not Be Forced on Farmers, Say Feds
Agriculture and Agri-Food Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau rises during Question Period in Ottawa on June 2, 2022. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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The federal government’s voluntary 30 percent emissions reduction target for fertilizers will not become mandatory in the future, says the Department of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).

“The objective of the national target for fertilizers is to reduce emissions, not to establish a mandatory reduction in fertilizer use,” wrote the AAFC in an email to The Epoch Times.