Best practices for the environment4R NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

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AGRI-RETAILERS AND farm organizations have renewed their support for the 4R Nutrient Stewardship program in Ontario. The program sets out best management practices for fertilizer application: Right Source d> Right Rate, Right Time, Right Place."The concept of 4R is not a complicated one - and that's the beauty of it," says Steph Kowalski, agronomy lead for the Agromart Group. "We are using resources in a manner they are designed to be used in."CERTIFICATIONKowalski, who is also a certified crop advisor with the 4R nutrient management specialist designation, says the 4R program is science-based and the 37 audit standards that are used for certification under the program are built on sound agronomy.