Province extends agreement with Fertlizer Canada
The Saskatchewan government has extended an agreement with a national fertilizer industry association to promote environmental stewardship and sustainable farming practices.
The province signed a three-year extension to their Memorandum of Cooperation with Fertilizer Canada Tuesday, continuing an agreement initially signed in 2016. The MOC will allow for the continuation of a program that promotes growing more food using existing farmland and reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the use of fertilizer by 15 to 25 per cent.
Fertilizer Canada has similar agreements in a number of other provinces, including Alberta and Manitoba.
Ken Panchuk, provincial soil specialist with the crops and irrigation branch of the Saskatchewan Ministry of Agriculture, said the goal of the MOC is promote 4-R technology, which stands for using the right fertilizer source at the right rate, right time and the right place.