Farmers are sounding the alarm on record-high prices for fertilizer ahead of a critical growing season and amid the threat of a global food crisis.

In the months since the invasion of Ukraine - a conflict that has ensnared several of the world's top fertilizer producers - Canadian farmers have seen the cost of many of their most critical supplies skyrocket. This comes as farmers across North America prepare for their spring planting season and on top of the sharp price increases they were already facing before the war