Stewardship

Nutrient Stewardship Research Fund to Receive $6 Million

March 7, 2018
Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, Press Releases, Research, TFI News
WASHINGTON, March 6, 2018 – The North American fertilizer industry is pledging an additional $6 million to fund research on ways that farmers can strengthen fertilizer best management practices (BMPs) to reduce nutrient loss to the environment. Donors intend that this funding be leveraged with public sector dollars to maximize the reach of limited resources. To that end, The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) is urging the U.S.
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Lake Erie – A Complex Equation for Agriculture

March 6, 2018
Energy & Environment, Stewardship, The Feed
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State of the Fertilizer Industry Report Highlights Industry Sustainable Growth

February 14, 2018
Economy, Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Transportation, Press Releases, Research, Safety & Security, Technology, TFI News
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14, 2018 – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today released its 2017 State of the Fertilizer Industry report. The report, which is a major component of TFI’s stewardship and sustainability programs, quantifies fertilizer manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers’ performance record on environmental, economic and social indicators.
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Illinois 4R Advocates Brief Congressional Fertilizer Caucus

February 9, 2018
Advocacy, Advocacy Updates, Stewardship, The Feed
2017 4R Advocates, Joe Huebner, CHS, and Kyle Brase, Brase Farms, briefed members of the Congressional Fertilizer Caucus and other Congressional staff on 4R Nutrient Stewardship. The event was attended by more than 65 staff members. Huebner and Brase were welcomed by Caucus Co-Chair Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-Wash.), a third-generation farmer who served as the director of Washington state’s Department of Agriculture prior to being elected to Congress in 2014.
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The Fertilizer Institute Announces the 2018 Crop of 4R Advocates

December 13, 2017
Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Press Releases, TFI News
WASHINGTON, Dec. 14, 2017 – The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) today named five farmer and fertilizer retailers pairs who are implementing innovative and sustainable 4R fertilizer management practices on the farm to increase production and reduce their environmental impact. These 2018 4R Advocates farm 19,250 acres of land using 4R Nutrient Stewardship practices.
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Save the Date: 2018 4R Summit Will Be Held June 11-12 in Des Moines

November 27, 2017
Stewardship, Conferences, Press Releases, TFI News
WASHINGTON, Nov. 27, 2017 – Mark your calendars! The 2018 4R Summit will be held June 11-12 at the Embassy Suites in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. As the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program continues to grow, the Summit provides opportunities to learn more about the 4Rs and hear how stakeholders across the country are implementing the 4R principles.
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Weather Affects the Gulf Hypoxic Zone, but it Doesn’t Mean Ag’s Hands Are Tied

August 21, 2017
Energy & Environment, Advocacy, Stewardship, Research, The Feed
Research and experience tell us there is a delicate balance between sufficient fertilizer to make a crop and excess fertilizer resulting in environmental loss. The complexities of managing a system with biological, physical and chemical properties are confounding. And water “aka rain” - whether too little, just right or too much – creates even more consternation. We can’t let these challenges be excuses for inaction.
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New Federal Research Grant to Study Impact of 4R Nutrient Stewardship

August 21, 2017
Stewardship, Press Releases, Research, TFI News
WASHINGTON, August 21, 2017 – The Foundation for Agronomic Research (FAR) has been selected to receive a $1 million research grant from the Foundation for Food and Agriculture (FFAR) to study the impact suites of 4R Nutrient Stewardship practices have on the movement of nutrients in corn and soybean cropping systems. The grant is matched with $1 million in funds from the 4R Research Fund.
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It Begins with the 4Rs

August 10, 2017
Energy & Environment, Stewardship, The Feed
Consider nutrient loss. Nutrient reduction strategies focus on reducing nutrient loss to improve water quality in a reasonable and cost effective manner. Fantastic, but let’s also consider nutrient loss as it affects a farmer’s bottom line. Conservation practices like grassed waterways, buffers and biofilters are absolutely part of the mitigation equation to reduce nutrient loss from the field to surface water – to argue otherwise is foolish.
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Statement on the Hypoxic Zone in the Gulf of Mexico

August 3, 2017
Energy & Environment, Stewardship, Press Releases, TFI News
The fertilizer industry shares the public’s concern with the health of the Gulf of Mexico. Farmers’ use of fertilizers is more efficient than it has ever been in history. Corn alone accounts for half of total U.S. fertilizer use, and when compared to 1980, U.S. farmers have more than doubled corn production. They also use 45 percent less nitrogen and 59 percent less phosphate to grow one bushel of corn than they did in 1980.
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