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October 9, 2014
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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 […]
June 13, 2014
In areas where farm runoff travels to the waters of Lake Erie, farmers and agricultural retailers are working together to improve water quality. The new 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program, first implemented in mid-March, is […]
May 27, 2014
Chris Henney, president and CEO of the Ohio AgriBusiness Association, and Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, Western Lake Erie project director for the Nature Conservancy, joined Ohio Farm Bureau Federation Senior Director of Policy Development and Environmental Policy, […]
May 20, 2014
$1.25 million to support research, demonstrate impacts of 4R Nutrient Stewardship As agricultural retailers sign up for a voluntary certification to help farmers improve the long-term quality of Lake Erie’s water, new funding will help […]
April 23, 2014
The Nutrient Stewardship Council, on behalf of the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Program, is seeking candidates for work as approved 4R Auditors.
April 21, 2014
Knowledgestream.org, a service of WGTE Public Media in Toledo, Ohio, recently published video from the 4R Nutrient Stewardship Certification Launch event held March 18 in Perrysburg, Ohio. The hour-long video showcases the tri-state support for the […]
April 11, 2014
COLUMBUS, Ohio (April 14, 2014) – Agricultural retailers and nutrient service providers in the Western Lake Erie Basin are encouraged to join a comprehensive, long-term effort to improve Lake Erie’s water quality by registering for […]
March 26, 2014
Carrie Vollmer-Sanders, the Western Lake Erie Basin Project Director for The Nature Conservancy and chair of the Nutrient Stewardship Council, is being honored as a Next Generation of Conservation Leaders Champion of Change by the […]