Anhydrous ammonia tanks sit in a Manitoba field.

Manitoba renews 4R nutrient management commitment

Manitoba has signed its fifth memorandum of understanding with industry to promote 4R as a winning financial and environmental fertilizer use philosophy

Manitoba has signed its fifth memorandum of understanding with industry to promote 4R nutrient management as a winning financial and environmental fertilizer use philosophy.

"Canada has been really great. We started with 40,000 acres in 2021…. We're over 700,000 acres enrolled this year," said Sally Flis, the Nutrien's director of sustainability program design and outcome management. | File photo

Corporate fertilizer plan pushes sustainability

Convincing farmers to try something new isn’t the easiest task. So, over the last few years, Nutrien Ag Solutions must be doing something right. Related story: ‘This isn’t going to go away’ It has persuaded a significant number of Prairie farmers to sign up for its Sustainable Nitrogen Outcomes program. “Canada has been really great. […] Read more


Despite the change from Barack Obama to Trump as president in 2017, sustainability efforts within agriculture and agri-food didn’t go away. That pattern will likely repeat if Trump is re-elected or the Conservatives win the federal election in Canada in 2025. | File photo

‘This isn’t going to go away’

WINNIPEG — Eight years ago, Sally Flis was working for the Fertilizer Institute in Washington, D.C. She was the director of agronomy and worked on grower adoption of 4R nutrient stewardship, which is right rate, right time, right place and right source when applying fertilizer. Related story: Corporate fertilizer plan pushes sustainability Then, Donald Trump […] Read more