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Article: Fertilizer supplies scarce as demand for product grows
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- Winnipeg Free Press
- Article date:
- November 1, 2007
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By Larry Kusch
FARMERS hoping to avoid last spring's sky-high fertilizer prices have been buying more anhydrous ammonia than usual this fall, leading to shortages at the retail level.
And that's leaving some producers angry.
"I don't think you can buy a pound of anhydrous ammonia fertilizer anywhere in the province," a frustrated Ed Rempel said Monday from his Starbuck grain farm after running out of the stuff Friday and failing to find any product in his area.
"This is like Third World agriculture. It's ridiculous," Rempel said, who was rushing to finish applying the fertilizer to his fields while the weather held up.
His dealer finally got him some more product on Tuesday afternoon.
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