Fertilizer and Food Security
Grain Farmers of Ontario News Segments on Fertilizer
Also watch CBC’s Hanomansing Tonight starting at 59:25.
Canadian Fertilizer Market Concerns
Fertilizer is estimated to be responsible for over half of the world’s food production. Its importance in feeding and providing critical nutrients for a growing global population cannot be overstated.
Today, the world is still contending with:
- Russia’s invasion of Ukraine possibly causing fertilizer exports to cease.
- Middle East tensions remaining high and could see drastic loss of all major fertilizer exports from the region.
- Major shipping lanes such as the Red Sea remain uncertain/high risk.
- Chinese government restricting exports of nitrogen and phosphate to maintain high domestic inventories and lower domestic values than the rest of the world.
See page 8 and 9 for the full list of short and long term recommendations.
The August 2025 StoneX fertilizer market report outlines persistent tightness and high prices in global nitrogen and phosphate markets, driven by disrupted trade flows following Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, reduced European production after the Nord Stream shutdown, Chinese export restrictions, and recent Middle East instability affecting shipments.
The March 2026 StoneX fertilizer market report outlines recent global nitrogen and phosphate events have shifted the conversation from prices being too high to now worrying about any supply availability.
letter from our Chairman to the Prime Minister & Premier
Grain Farmers of Ontario urges the Canadian government to address the urgent fertilizer price spike and supply crisis threatening food production and farmers’ livelihoods ahead of spring planting.