Homegrown advantage: How high-profit farms are also achieving low emissions intensity | Ep. 105
Can your farm be both high profit and low in emissions intensity? What are the top-performing farms doing differently – and what can you learn from them?
This episode of Talking Dairy explores new research that reveals how some of New Zealand’s most profitable dairy farms are also achieving lower greenhouse gas emissions intensity. It’s part of the Emissions and Profitability Project – a joint effort between DairyNZ, DairyBase, Fonterra and LIC – based on data from around 8,000 farms.
Host Jac McGowan is joined by Mark Neal, Head of Data Science and Modelling from DairyNZ and Louise Cook, Programme Manager (Environmental) from Fonterra’s On-Farm Excellence team, to unpack what the data shows, where the opportunities are, and what it all means for your farm.
With international customers and milk processors increasingly focused on this metric, this research highlights how a balanced, homegrown approach can deliver results – both financially and environmentally.
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Emissions and Profitability Project | DairyNZBusiness - DairyBase | DairyNZReproduction and mating | DairyNZFeed fundamentals | DairyNZLess methane | DairyNZClimate - Managing GHG emissions | DairyNZHave feedback or ideas for future episodes? Email us at [email protected]
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