The FARMSMART Podcast, presented by Nutrien Ag Solutions Nutrien Ag Solutions

Let's start with the good news about the North American climate outlook for the 2024 growing season: drought conditions are significantly better than they were last year.
However, maybe it's force-of-habit, but growers seem to have more anxiety than usual about weather in the coming growing season, according to Nutrien Ag Solutions science fellow and principal atmospheric scientist Eric Snodgrass.
And among the growers he talks to across the continent, he says everyone has something they're hoping for that could make or break their year.
So in this episode, we'll dive in to the climatological outlook for every region in North America and try to tell you what kind of help... or hinderance... you can expect from Mother Nature.
We'll discuss what the unusually warm winter means for planting operations across the continent, and see how long-term trade winds trends will impact weather patterns.
Then, Eric will explain why he expects to see an active severe weather season this Spring, followed by Summer weather that might seem reminiscent of 2016 for some growers.

Nitrogen, Phosphorous and Potassium.
Every grower knows that these three nutrients are at the heart of every successful cropping plan.
But in 2024, the tools to manage those nutrients are so much more potent and complex than they used to be.
And cutting back on fertilizer inputs—discerningly and purposefully—can be a powerful opportunity to reduce costs and improve an operation's sustainability footprint.
So in this episode, we're talking to Ron Calhoun—Senior Marketing Manager of Plant Nutrition from Loveland Products at Nutrien Ag Solutions—to find out how growers can leverage tools like enhanced efficiency fertilizers.
He'll tell us why there's no one-size-fits-all answer.
But how, by bringing the best science and technology to bear, Nutrien Ag Solutions makes it possible for growers to improve their profitability and benefit the planet.

In the heart of soybean country, you'll find Indiana farmers who have been utilizing sustainable best practices since long before it was called "sustainability."
But a new Nutrien Ag Solutions incentive program with Bunge is making it possible for these growers to actually be compensated for these practices. And that's changing the game, both in terms of environmental impact AND the bottom line.
Danny Carmony Jr. is the division manager of Central Indiana for Nutrien Ag Solutions, and a back-to-back Dean Albrecht Award winner, an honor bestowed upon the manager of Nutrien Ag Solutions' top-performing division each year.
And in this episode, he joins us to discuss the unique challenges and opportunities for growers in the central Indiana region, including its diverse geography and soil types.
He'll also highlight the successes of the Bunge sustainable soybean program, discuss how it's affecting the implementation of sustainability practices like cover crops and no-till, and explore how offerings like Agrible make it easier than ever before to collect and leverage ag data.
Visit this link to learn more about the sustainable soybean program:
https://viewer.joomag.com/bunge-sustainable-soybean-program-sky-final/0749223001699469844
And visit agrible.com to check your eligibility.

Most growers have reached the point in their year when it's time to look back on what they've accomplished, review the records, and start looking for ways to improve their operations in the new year ahead.
Nutrien Ag Solutions can help connect growers to programs that pay farmers for their sustainable agriculture practices.
But it's going to take carefully collected and curated data to back up your sustainability story.
So Agrible is available to make data collection, management and insights easy to accomplish and understand.
And in this episode, we're talking to Ryan Adams, Nutrien Ag Solutions Director of Digital Sustainability, to learn about the new features that are making this sustainability tool even more useful.
Learn more or sign up at agrible.com.

Agriculture has been around for more than 10,000 years.
But you can argue that in the last 50 years, it’s changing and evolving faster than ever before.
That evolution has included the growing relationship between agriculture and what we now call “sustainability.” 
And someone who's been along for almost that entire ride is our very own Tom Daniel, Nutrien Ag Solutions' Director of North America Retail and Grower Sustainable Ag, who is retiring after 43 years in the industry.
So in this episode, we thought it would be fun and interesting to look back at that history through Tom's eyes.
He'll tell us about trends that have come and gone and re-emerged yet again. We'll chart how new technologies have made better sustainability outcomes, higher productivity and healthier margins possible. And we'll explore the changing relationship between consumers and the food they eat, and how sustainable ag has always been at the heart of all we do—whether you actually call it "sustainable ag" or not.

Sustainability doesn't stop at the border.
In fact, Nutrien Ag Solutions supports thousands of growers across Canada, and many of them are well along the path in their sustainability journey.
But while the overall goals and ideas are the same, like so much about the relationship between the U.S. and Canada, things are a little different north of the border.
So in this episode, we're discussing the sustainable ag program offerings for Canadian Nutrien Ag Solutions customers, and the evolving set of practices that are getting results there.
To do so, we're speaking with Dani Kerr, a Crop Production Advisor in Alberta. She'll tell us how she's grown the total acreage enrolled in the Canadian Carbon program, how her team uses data to drive results for its growers, and what sustainability lessons they've learned that farmers across North America can benefit from.
Plus, Tom makes a big announcement.

Learn more about the Canadian Sustainable Nitrogen Outcomes program at nutrienagsolutions.ca/sno
And check out the Canadian FARMSMART page at nutrienagsolutions.ca/farmsmart