Fertilizer Canada says its members are ready for the upcoming planting season.

"We did a survey and we found that 90 per cent of Fertilizer Canada members, virtually the whole industry, responded that they have enough product on hand or on the way to get the fertilizer to the farmer customers in time for spring seeding," said Fertilizer Canada President and CEO Garth Whyte. "Vast majority said it will be a normal year, if not an above average year in terms of fertilizer demand and crop production."

Whyte says fertilizer is critical to growing a good crop, with at least 50 per cent of the overall productivity and enhanced growth of the crop attributable to fertilizer use.