Increased Input Costs for Farmers Mean Higher Food Prices Could Follow

Increased Input Costs for Farmers Mean Higher Food Prices Could Follow
Hay balers at work on a farm near Cremona, Alta., on Aug. 16, 2020. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh
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Farmers are facing increased input costs as they seed their crops this spring, an obstacle that is affecting how they approach operations and that will likely mean higher food prices down the road.

Professor Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, says fertilizer costs are way up.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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