Phosphate fertilizer is the latest crop input to see soaring prices. The cost of products such as mono ammonium phosphate has more than doubled since last year. In a special report on pages 20-21, Western Producer Brandon reporter Daniel Winters examines the factors contributing to the escalating prices. Phosphate fertilizer shortages are expected to last for several years, keeping the price of commercial fertilizers high and making the nutrients
in manure a financially attractive alternative.
