4R nutrient management Archives - Page 3 of 4

The province's new calculator is now available in an Excel format, with a web-based, "mobile-friendly" version to be made available "in the coming months," Ag Minister Derek Johnson said Jan. 17.

Fertilizer efficiency calculator launched

The virtual tool promises a farm-specific deep dive into actual fertilizer efficiency

By Alexis Stockford January 20, 2023

Manitoba Agriculture says its new fertilizer efficiency tool will help farmers hone in on exactly how much of the nutrient they’re applying is doing its job, and how much is wastage. The department launched the digital tool on Jan. 17 during Manitoba Ag Days. “Our government recognizes producers face historically high fertilizer prices, highly variable

The 4R strategy can reduce emissions but other changes will be needed too.

Crops

No consensus on 30 per cent emissions target

By Don Norman December 30, 2022

Agronomists agree that 4R agricultural practices can take a bite out of nitrous oxide emissions, but exactly how big a bite depends on who you ask. Central to this question is the federal government’s target for a 30 per cent reduction in nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions on farms by 2030. Fertilizer emissions are a relatively

Manitoba growers are prepared to try advanced 4R techniques but wary of risks.

Crops, Farmit Manitoba

Farmers open to new 4R practices; concerned about risks

About half of western Canadian wheat and canola acres are already officially managed with 4R

By Geralyn Wichers October 26, 2022

Manitoba farmers say they are open to trying new 4R techniques and building upon current practices but have an eye on cost and risks. It’s important to be challenged by the question, “what more can we do to reduce our emissions… while running a farm properly?” said Dean Harder, who farms near Morris. During this

News

Province, KAP renew 4R agreement with Fertilizer Canada

The partnership has worked to create training and promotional resources since 2013

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 25, 2022

The province, Keystone Agricultural Producers and Fertilizer Canada have renewed an agreement to promote 4R Nutrient Stewardship in Manitoba. “This [memo of understanding] supports and strengthens our government’s objectives in food security and affordability, in addition to environmental performance, with the nutrient stewardship programming developed by Canada’s fertilizer industry,” said Agriculture Minister Derek Johnson in an Oct. 13

John Heard discusses methods to reduce nitrous oxide emissions through nitrogen management.

Crops

New program funds farm emissions reduction practices

Prairie Watersheds Climate Program offers incentives toward control of nitrous oxide emissions; N management field tour coming up July 29

By Don Norman July 21, 2022

A new program is taking aim at agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. Last month, the Manitoba Association of Watersheds (MAW) launched the first phase of the Prairie Watersheds Climate Program, a part of the federal government’s On-Farm Climate Action Fund (OFCAF). That’s a $200 million, three-year fund (from 2021 to 2024) that underwrites 12 different programs

Editorial, Op/Ed

Editor’s Take: Simple solutions

By Gord Gilmour September 23, 2021

The agriculture industry is — rightly — proud of its track record of adoption of cutting-edge technology and techniques. From GPS positioning and auto steer to data collection and prescription soil mapping, information is the lifeblood of the farm of today and tomorrow. Which is why it’s so perplexing that relatively few farmers avail themselves

A national survey on fertilizer management practices is being expanded from corn in Ontario and canola in Western Canada to include Prairie wheat.

Crops, News

Wheat producers join canola and corn growers in fertilizer survey

The Fertilizer Use Survey aims to show that farmers are practising good stewardship by employing the ‘4Rs’

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff September 1, 2021

A survey that tracks the fertilizer practices of farmers is being expanded to more crops — part of an effort to show that producers are employing management practices that are environmentally sound. “The survey shows us how agri-retailers and farmers across Canada are implementing 4R Nutrient Stewardship, which is an approach that has been demonstrated

University of Manitoba researchers Mario Tenuta, Don Flaten and Xiaopeng Gao, along with provincial soil fertility specialist John Heard, were at the field tour site July 23 to answer questions.

News, Other

Self-guided 4R tour brings new research in era of COVID-19

Through video, University of Manitoba researchers presented new research on increasing nitrogen use efficiency in grain corn

By Geralyn Wichers August 10, 2020

Soil fertility specialists from the University of Manitoba brought the latest “4R” research to the public while keeping a healthy distance, thanks to an innovative self-guided field tour July 23-25 near Carman. “The beauty of a self-guided tour is that people can do it at their leisure,” soil ecology professor, Mario Tenuta told the Manitoba

QR codes (shown above) will be located at field stations along the self-guided tour.

Crops, News

Novel 4R Nutrient Stewardship Self-Guided Field Days created

COVID-19 changed lots of things, including this year's 4R event July 23-25

By Allan Dawson July 15, 2020

Because of the novel coronavirus, there’s now also the novel 4R Nutrient Stewardship Self-Guided Field Days July 23-25, three miles north of PTH 3 on PTH 13 near Carman. “This is something very different,” University of Manitoba soil ecology professor Mario Tenuta said in an interview July 14. There are 15 stations to learn various

Back when women weren’t soil scientists, Cindy Grant had to convince others agriculture research was the right place for her.

Farmit Manitoba, News, Other

From convincing teachers agriculture was a real career to international honours

This retired AAFC soil researcher earned a long list of awards and honours while living on a farm and raising a family near Minnedosa

By Allan Dawson September 25, 2019

Cynthia Grant became a research scientist, just as she dreamed about while growing up on a farm near Minnedosa, but along the way she was also a pioneer. Her soil and agronomy research at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s (AAFC) Brandon Research Centre has been recognized with numerous Canadian and international awards and honours. The most

Daily Network News

U.S. grains: Chicago grain prices fall amid profit-taking and dollar rebound

U.S. livestock: Cattle fall back as inventory hits 75-year low

Farm family income gains driven by off-farm earnings: StatCan

Tag Archives 4R nutrient management