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Fuelling the rig should be cheaper this spring, but savings on fertilizer, chemicals, and seed will take longer and may be offset by the lower Canadian dollar.

Don’t expect diesel, fertilizer, and chemicals to match oil’s steep decline

Experts say it’s a mixed bag when it comes to input costs

By Alexis Kienlen, Jennifer Blair February 12, 2015

Reading Time: 4 minutes Falling oil prices are bad news for energy producers, but that should be good news for farmers and other big users of fuel and energy-intensive products. “We’re paying 30 or 40 cents a litre less for gas today than we were three or four months ago,” said Michael Burt, director of industrial economic trends with […] Read more