By Larry Stalcup, Contributor for The Progressive Farmer Ohio growers protect watershed and yields by adopting nutrient management plan. Farming near Toledo, Ohio, and Lake Erie, David and his father, Lowell Myerholtz, work hard to limit […]

Industry Continues to Strengthen Commitment to Improving Water Quality More than 150 agricultural influencers came together for the 2018 4R Technology Review Field Day at Kellogg Farms, a Blanchard River Demonstration Farm located in Hardin […]

Please save the date for the 2019 4R Summit, which will be held June 10-11, 2019, in downtown Cleveland, Ohio. More details about registration and hotels will be made available in spring 2019. This year’s […]

At the free 4R Technology Review Field Day, retailers, farmers and other interested parties will hear from experts and see field demonstrations focused on strengthening the industry’s commitment to improving the quality of Ohio’s waterways. […]

Mark your calendars for these events around the Western Lake Erie Basin! June 2018 June 11-12th, Des Moines, Iowa, 4R Summit. The Fertilizer Institute. Register at https://www.tfi.org/conferences/4r-summit. June 22-24th, Defiance County, RiverFest 2018. Free and […]

Ohio’s Country Journal recently had a conversation with… Kevin Elder, who recently retired as chief of the Ohio Department of Agriculture Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting OCJ: Could you provide a brief overview of your career […]

A quick glance at the tidy office of John Fritz at The Andersons, Inc. Fremont facility, a 4R Certified facility, would suggest that he works in a fairly standard desk job. One look at his weathered […]

Farmers in the Western Lake Erie Basin will soon have significant new resources to further their efforts to protect water quality. Ohio farm organizations and their partners, taking an important, proactive step, will work with […]