In this photo taken using a drone, a farmer crops a field in Mississippi Mills, Ont., on Tuesday, Aug 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
The National Farmers Union wants Ottawa to bring back a testing program to help farmers avoid lousy non-fertilizer supplements.The National Farmers Union says reinstituting a non-fertilizer supplement testing program would help bring down fertilizer emissions. The National Farmers Union wants Ottawa to bring back a program it says would help farmers avoid lousy fertilizer alternatives.
"A lot of these products are touting what they can do. But why should the farmer be the test vehicle?" "There seems to be more all the time. I can probably go online and find at least 100 different companies pushing this," he said. A report produced by the union does acknowledge "considerable independent evidence" on the benefits of some non-fertilizer supplements.
One farmer's uphill battle to provide cheaper, more environmentally friendly alternative to fertilizer
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