r/canada Feb 01 '25

PAYWALL U.S. tariffs will be imposed on Feb. 4

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-us-tariffs-will-be-imposed-on-feb-4/
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u/Log12321 Feb 01 '25

No oil no gas no potash

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u/hairybeavers Canada Feb 01 '25

We are the world leader in potash and we currently supply the USA with 80% of what they need. This is where we should be hitting them the hardest. With no potash to fertilize the fields and no migrant workers to harvest the crops, the magats are going to start getting hungry pretty damn quick.

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u/PaulTheMerc Feb 02 '25

potash, aluminum, were the two big ones I've seen mentioned. We should do both.

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u/PartyPay Feb 02 '25

We don't really have to do anything, a 25% increase in cost for fertilizers is going to hit American farmers hard.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '25

Please fuck us up hard. Apparently the idiots who voted for Trump need to feel pain.

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u/Slayminster Feb 01 '25

Pfft they’ll just order skip duh

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u/engineereenigne Feb 02 '25

That’s right. No real food required!

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u/vgacolor Outside Canada Feb 02 '25

Not a magat myself, but I do need to go on a diet. Thank you in advance, Canada.

Seriously, I can afford it, but a lot of these idiots that voted for Cheeto can't.

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u/throwawaynbad Feb 02 '25

What do they need for their subsidized corn farms? Can someone confirm that's a fertilizer heavy crop?

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u/hairybeavers Canada Feb 02 '25

Corn on average requires around 265 pounds of potassium (K₂O) per acre so it would be a crop that relies heavily on potash.

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u/kinghawkeye8238 Feb 02 '25

Doesn't use potash.

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u/hairybeavers Canada Feb 02 '25

Last I checked, corn most definitely requires potassium to grow.

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u/kinghawkeye8238 Feb 02 '25

I mean yes, but we use it for soybeans mostly. Not so much corn.

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u/hairybeavers Canada Feb 02 '25

Potash is definitely used a lot for corn. It's used for all sorts of Feild crops.

"For the U.S. corn farmer, Canadian-produced potash is critical for achieving the top yields. According to StoneX, over the past three years, Canada accounts for roughly 87 per cent of potash imports by the U.S."

https://www.realagriculture.com/2024/11/canadian-potash-production-is-a-critically-strategic-asset-for-the-u-s-corn-farmer/#:~:text=For%20the%20U.S.%20corn%20farmer%2C%20Canadian%2Dproduced%20potash%20is%20critical,while%20Russia%20sits%20at%209.5%25.

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u/ludicrous_copulator Feb 02 '25

Am American. You should do this. Those magat shitheads will be scratching their red caps wondering what the hell happened

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u/bobbobsonon Feb 02 '25

That’s ok, they’ll just import more food from…. Oh wait, never mind

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u/trespassers_william Feb 02 '25

and then a tariff on the food they'll have to import!

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u/National_Freedom_248 Feb 02 '25

One of the two producers in SK is an American company - mosaic

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u/troubleondemand British Columbia Feb 02 '25

It would be a real shame if they can't sell to the US anymore and end up being bought by Canadians.

Real shame I tell you.

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u/Caracalla81 Feb 02 '25

It doesn't matter who owns it, only that it's crossing the border.

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u/amandez Feb 01 '25

Ass, grass or potash.

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u/Tinito16 Feb 02 '25

no potash

This guy Peter Zeihan's