Michigan wheat growers will be able to enroll in a new phosphorus reduction pilot program this fall.
The Conservation Technology Action Center is partnering with the Mosaic Company, Star of the West Milling Company, and Heidelberg University to extend its Phosphorus Load-Reduction Stimulation Program.
Star of the West Milling Company Sustainability Director Lisa Woodke tells Brownfield a limited number of Michigan wheat acres will be eligible.
“We will be tracking a grower’s baseline, what they do on their wheat acres today, and then implementing a change, either a practice change including tillage or a use of a different type of fertilizer—specifically in this case a Mosaic product that is supposed to help with phosphorus staying where it needs to stay in the ground,” she explains.
