Evaluating Impacts of 4R Nutrient Stewardship. Issue 2 (17th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Bruulsema, Tom
• Is Part Of: Crops and soils magazine. Volume 55:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: 44
• Page End: 47
• Publication Date: 2022-02-17
• Subjects: Crops -- Periodicals; Soils -- Periodicals; Crops and soils -- Periodicals; Crops -- United States -- Periodicals; Soils -- United States -- Periodicals; Crops; Soils; Crops and soils; United States; Electronic journals; Periodicals; 633
• DOI: 10.1002/crso.20179
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0162-5098

Abstract

Abstract : Nutrients are essential for plant and animal agriculture and comprise a large portion of its outputs. The starting point for assuring beneficial impacts is the adaptive management built into 4R Nutrient Stewardship. To manage adaptively means to evaluate impacts in your decision cycle. The metrics you evaluate need to reflect impacts important to your local farming system. Farther‐reaching impacts of crop nutrition include water quality, air quality, carbon footprint, biodiversity, food security, human nutrition, farm livelihoods, and circularity. By better documenting the decision cycle, our current and past practices, and their relation to impacts, the industry has the opportunity to build public trust. Earn 0.5 CEUs in Nutrient Management by reading this article and taking the quiz at https://bit.ly/3KYONvh . View all CEUs online at https://web.sciencesocieties.org/Learning‐Center/Courses .