The Fertilizer Institute (TFI) has named five farmers and their fertilizer retail partners as the 2016 4R Grower Advocates. The awards are part of TFI’s “high-priority initiative to raise awareness and adoption of fertilizer best management practices using the 4Rs of nutrient stewardship,” and were presented at the 2016 Commodity Classic in New Orleans on March 3-5. Winners were given an expense-paid trip to the event, and were honored at a banquet hosted by TFI.
This year’s winners are Powell, Wyo., farmer Ric Rodriguez and Joe Bridges with the J.R. Simplot Co.; Darin Stolte of Olin, Iowa, and Jimmy Daughtery, precision ag specialist with River Valley Co-op in Davenport, Iowa; Thomas Connors of Shipman, Ill., and Regan Wear, agronomy manager for CHS Inc. in Shipman; Calvin Haile of Haile Farm LLC in Dunnsville, Va., and Lucas Householder, general manager of Southern States’ Cooperative’s Eastern Virginia Agronomy Operations in King William, Va.; and Lowell and David Myerholtz of Myerholtz Farms in Gibonsburg, Ohio, and John Fritz, CCA with The Andersons Inc. in Fremont, Ohio.