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Volume 2004, Issue 3
FERTILIZER AND PESTICIDE MANAGEMENT IN CANADA

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The 2001 FEMS data show that, nationally:

• Three-quarters of Canadian farmers who grow crops use fertilizers, with about 90% of the fertilizer applied in the spring.
  
  
• Half of Canadian farmers use soil test results to determine the amount of fertilizer required, but less than 20% do so annually.
  
  
• About half of Quebec farmers have a nutrient management plan. This percentage is much higher than in other provinces.
  
  
• Almost three-quarters of Canadian farmers who grow crops and have pasture apply pesticides.
  
  
• With respect to alternate pest control methods, two-thirds of Canadian farmers report using mechanical weeding methods, while less than 4% use biological methods of controlling pests.