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Environment committee  Sure. 4R outlines the right source of nutrients, the right rate at which they need to be applied for the crops, the right timing so that plant uptake is optimal, and then the right placement—so, making sure that, where possible, it's banded under a subsoil versus broadcast. All of these practices—combined with technologies such as enhanced efficiency fertilizers, nitrification inhibitors and other products, and digital technologies such as precision agriculture—can help optimize nutrient use, reduce potential loss to the environment, whether through water or the atmosphere, and optimize the use of water and nutrients in the farmers' fields to create a more productive and profitable crop that's more sustainable from an environmental standpoint.

February 27th, 2024Committee meeting

Mike Nemeth

Environment committee  I'll add that it's critical in all of our milling processes, slurry use.... Without fresh water, even the rates that we can recycle and reuse water.... Fresh water is absolutely critical to the production at all stages.

February 27th, 2024Committee meeting

Mike Nemeth

Environment committee  The incentive for the farmers who are involved right now, actually, was for them to pilot it with us in an innovative way. Nothing like this has been done anywhere else in the world, so piloting it in Canada, piloting it with value-chain members and understanding that there was the potential for value creation for their operations was their incentive.

February 27th, 2024Committee meeting

Mike Nemeth

Environment committee  When we say on-farm water stewardship plans, those are voluntary, as Tim stated. What we're doing is piloting those right now in a credible way, using an international water stewardship standard with the farmers and agri-food value-chain members to develop water stewardship plans that work for each farm.

February 27th, 2024Committee meeting

Mike Nemeth