{"id":589302,"date":"2026-04-08T02:19:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589302\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T02:19:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T02:19:11","slug":"soaring-diesel-prices-going-to-be-very-expensive-for-canadian-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/589302\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaring diesel prices \u2018going to be very expensive\u2019 for Canadian farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"

With diesel and fertilizer prices surging, Canadian farmers are bracing for much higher costs than anticipated this growing season.<\/p>\n

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As the war in Iran persists,\u00a0diesel\u2019s price\u00a0continues\u00a0rising<\/a>, approaching $2 per litre in much of Canada \u2014 besides parts of B.C. where\u00a0prices have surpassed that<\/a>.<\/p>\n

This fuel is commonly used in farming<\/a> machinery and, due to its climbing cost, may be one factor in future food price spikes.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe expect crop margins, the profitability of planting crops, of this upcoming season to be small. Even a small rise in diesel prices are going to be impactful, and might be very meaningful,\u201d explained Sebastian Pouliot, a Quebec City-based economic consultant.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to be filling our fuel tanks in the next couple of days \u2014 that\u2019s going to be an additional cost. We haven\u2019t really sat down to figure out how much that\u2019s going to be,\u201d Charles Fossay, the director of Keystone Agricultural Producers in Manitoba, told Global News.<\/p>\n

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Some farmers offset costs by filling their on-farm fuel reserve\u00a0tanks at the onset of the war, Fossay said.<\/p>\n

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He is not alone in having to manage unexpected costs. Farmers from coast to coast to coast said they feel the pressure to produce.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt\u2019s going to be very expensive this year to irrigate if things don\u2019t change,\u201d\u00a0said\u00a0Christian Michaud, a\u00a0New Brunswick\u00a0farmer, discussing\u00a0the issue of\u00a0dry growing seasons\u00a0in\u00a0the Maritimes.<\/p>\n

In addition to diesel, farmers are also facing challenges due\u00a0to\u00a0soaring fertilizer costs,<\/a>\u00a0but\u00a0Pouliot\u00a0said consumers should not expect\u00a0grocery\u00a0prices\u00a0to go\u00a0up\u00a0yet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s not going to happen right away. Prices at retail don\u2019t change all that quickly typically. Even if fuel prices rise, we\u2019re not going to see it in food right away \u2014 it might be in a few weeks, a few months in some cases,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

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Pouliot said he does not expect the cost of food to significantly rise if diesel prices reset at the end of the conflict, and an agreement is reached soon.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can only store so much (fuel), and you\u2019ve\u00a0got to refill your tanks throughout the year. So, you can save a little bit here, but if the prices stay up, at the end of the day,\u00a0you\u2019re still paying a lot of money,\u201d Fossay said.<\/p>\n

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