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October 13, 2014

First Three Facilities Certified in 4R Nutrient Stewardship Program

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 13, 2014) – Less than a year after its launch, the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program has announced its first three agriculture nutrient service providers to achieve certified status. The voluntary certification […]

October 13, 2014

Fremont Andersons Facility Certified in 4R Nutrient Stewardship

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 13, 2014) – The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program has announced that The Andersons, Inc.’s Fremont, Ohio facility has been added to its growing list of nutrient service providers to achieve certified […]

October 13, 2014

Legacy Farmers’ Custar Facility Certified in 4R Nutrient Stewardship

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 13, 2014) – The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program has announced that Legacy Farmers Cooperative’s facility in Custar, Ohio has been added to its growing list of nutrient service providers to achieve […]

October 13, 2014

Morral Companies Certified in 4R Nutrient Stewardship

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 13, 2014) – The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program has announced that the Morral Companies’ Caledonia, Ohio facility has been added to its growing list of nutrient service providers to achieve certified […]

October 9, 2014

Michigan Fertilizer Company to Reimburse Retail Partners for 4R Certification

ST. JOHNS, MICH. — Mid-Michigan liquid fertilizer company Agro-Culture Liquid Fertilizers is implementing a new Retail Partner 4R Certification Reimbursement Program designed to aid AgroLiquid Retail Partners in the Western Lake Erie Basin, which includes parts of Ohio, Michigan […]

September 29, 2014

4R in the News: Industry, retailers commit to cleaner water standards

“Those responsible for much of the fertilizer sprayed on crop fields in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana are not farmers, but rather the farmers’ crop advisers and agricultural retailers,” wrote Danielle Stanton of the Toledo Free […]

September 11, 2014

4R in the News: How drones could limit fertilizer flow into Lake Erie

A toxic algae bloom in Lake Erie this summer left the city of Toledo, Ohio, without drinking water for three days. Now environmentalists and farmers are working to prevent future blooms by evaluating fertilizer use […]

September 5, 2014

Certified Crop Advisers Among Leaders of 4R Nutrient Stewardship

With a vast knowledge of the crops that are planted and the soil they’re planted in, Certified Crop Advisers, more commonly known as CCAs, have taken an active role in the research and program implementation […]

July 15, 2014

4R in the News: “4R Certification begins”

Training for the new 4R Certification Program, launched in March, is now underway. Independent auditors are now being trained on how to certify ag retailers in the Western Lake Erie Basin in the 4R Nutrient […]

July 10, 2014

4R Certification Training Kicks Off as Lake Erie Algae Forecast Expected

Some participants could be certified by end of summer As scientists prepare for the coming season of potential algae blooms on Lake Erie (an initial forecast is expected Thursday), a new program designed to […]

June 27, 2014

4R Certification Program featured on WGTE Watershed Radio

The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program was recently the topic of a report on “Fertilizer and Fields” broadcast on WGTE’s Watershed Radio program. Although the program aired on WGTE FM91 on Friday, June 13, you can […]

June 19, 2014

4R in the News: “Reining in runoff”

In his recent article titled “Reining in runoff,” Bill Ryan, farm editor of the Sentinel-Tribune in Bowling Green, Ohio, shared that more farmers are implementing the 4R program on their farms in a concerted effort […]