Tuesday Sept. 11

9:15 - 10:00am

 

Mark ThompsonNutrien

Stefan FürnsinnYara

Charlotte Hebebrand, IFA

How to Most Effectively Implement the 4 Rs of Precise Plant Nutrition

We will hear from two leading global plant nutrition companies, Nutrien and Yara. Both companies are actively involved in working across the AgTech space inorder to offer more sophisticated plant nutrition solutions to growers to help them maximize yields and reduce nutrient losses to the environment. They will be exploring the future of plant nutrition and highlight their own companies' innovation and technology strategies.

Nutrien is the world’s largest provider of crop inputs and services, playing a critical role in helping growers increase food production in a sustainable manner. Nutrien produces and distributes over 26 million tonnes of potash, nitrogen and phosphate products world-wide, complemented by the largest global ag input retail network of over 1,500 company-owned retail branches.

Yara’s comprehensive crop nutrition solutions and precision farming offerings allow farmers to increase yields and improve product quality while reducing environmental impact. Founded in 1905 to solve emerging famine in Europe, Yara has a worldwide presence with more than 16,000 employees and operations in over 60 countries. In 2017, Yara reported revenues of USD 11.4 billion.

 

Speakers include:

Stefan Fürnsinn

VP of Digital Farming

Yara

 

Mark Thompson

VP of Business Development

Nutrien

 

Moderated by:

Charlotte Hebebrand

Director General

International Fertilizer Association