
Differences in Custom Application of Crop Inputs by Agri-Retailers across Canada
By Nicholas Bannon, Sean Mitchell, and Alfons Weersink Speak to a farmer in Ontario and a farmer in the Prairies about the role their crop input dealer plays in their farm’s operations and they will give two very different answers. This difference is due to the high subset of Ontario dealerships that custom apply crop inputs on behalf of their clients, something which is not common among dealerships in the Prairies. During the summer of 2019, the Department of Food, Agricultu