Andrew Allman | 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification

October 7, 2015

Nominations Open for 2016 4R Advocate Awards Program

The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has launched the 2016 4R Advocate Awards Program with a call for nominations from retailers to highlight the exceptional nutrient stewardship practices of their grower customers. The 4R Advocate Award program, […]

October 6, 2015

House Subcommittee Holds Hearing on Water Resources and Environment

Late last week, Doug Busdeker, a committee member of the 4R Program Advisory Committee and a director on the Ohio AgriBusiness Association Board of Directors, provided testimony to the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Water […]

October 1, 2015

Evaluating Impacts of 4R Nutrient Stewardship

4R Advisory Committee Member, Dr. Tom Bruulsema, IPNI Phosphorus Program Director, recently released the IPNI Plant Nutrition TODAY, Fall 2015, No. 1 article, titled “Evaluating Impacts of 4R Nutrient Stewardship”. Click here to view the […]

August 24, 2015

4R in the News: Farmers Do Their Part to Keep Toxic Algae Out of Lake Erie

Chris Henney, president & CEO of the Ohio AgriBusiness Association recently wrote an opinion editorial discussing the long-term commitment both farmers and the fertilizer industry have to improve Lake Erie’s water quality. Henney wrote, “Rather […]

August 12, 2015

Calling All Agronomists, Certified Crop Advisers and Custom Applicators

Ohio AgriBusiness Association and Ohio State Extension will partner to hold the Farm Science Review Agronomy College on Sept. 15. The event is designed to educate agronomists, Certified Crop Advisers and custom applicators on current agronomy issues. […]

August 10, 2015

New Agriculture Practices Being Standardized One Year After Toledo Water Crisis

It has been one year since the Toledo Water Crisis and the Ohio AgriBusiness Association has released a news story to its members and the general public regarding the efforts of the agriculture industry including an update […]

August 5, 2015

4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program Seeking Auditors

The Nutrient Stewardship Council, on behalf of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program, seeks to contract with consultants as 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program Auditors.

July 28, 2015

OSU Extension Positions Available, Program Coordinators – Nutrient Management Plan Writers

The Ohio State University Extension is hiring four program coordinators located throughout the Western Lake Erie Basin. These positions will work with cooperating farmers to develop Nutrient Management Plans (NMP) in the Western Lake Erie […]

July 27, 2015

Extension Adding Resources to Help Farmers with Water Quality

According to a July 14 story by Ohio Ag Net & Ohio’s Country Journal, since last fall, 6,586 growers and producers responsible for farming some 1 million acres of Buckeye State farmland have gone through […]

July 23, 2015

Identifying Practices to Best Manage Phosphorus

According to a July 14 post by Ohio Ag Net & Ohio’s Country Journal, the P Index, since its creation, has been offering farmers insights into the decisions they make with regard to the phosphorus […]

July 21, 2015

New Water Quality Grant Pours in More Research Dollars for Nutrient Management

According to a July 14 story by Ohio Ag Net & Ohio’s Country Journal, Extension specialists with the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences at The Ohio State University will use more than $1 million […]

July 20, 2015

Workshops Scheduled for CCAs in the Western Lake Erie Basin

Ohio workshop scheduled for Aug. 13 PURPOSE: The workshops will (1) provide an overview of the Western Lake Erie Basin (WLEB) Phosphorus Runoff Reduction Project recently funded through NRCS’s Regional Conservation Partnership Program (2) highlight […]