sustainability

The demonstration farm at the centre of the project is a 290-hectare property surrounding Fonterra’s Whareroa site. Photo: Nestlé
03-03-2023 | News

New Zealand gets its first net zero carbon emissions dairy farm

Farmers hold a unique power to be an innovative part of the solutions to climate change. Photo: Ronald Hissink
16-02-2023 | News

Sustainable dairy: Establishing net-zero farms

There are a number of other actions farmers can take to reduce the carbon footprint. Photo: Chris McCullough
24-10-2022 | News

How dairy farms can reduce carbon footprint

Laura Herschleb, World Dairy Expo general manager. Photo: Kelly Kendall
08-08-2022 | Interview

Laura Herschleb, World Dairy Expo GM: “Sustainability is top of mind for dairy farmers”

Some international companies with operations in Latin America have a similar model to promote the implementation of sustainable practices. However, the Chilean dairy sector is the first to adopt it as a national strategy to move forward on this issue. Photo: Ronald Hissink
29-06-2022 | Interview

Chile’s new sustainability standards and the impact on dairy

The company won for their Sustainable Livestock Farming project, where they have encouraged the development of pasture access for 100% of their farms. Photo: Ronald Hissink
22-06-2022 | News

​French dairy firm wins top sustainability award

This webinar looked at sustainability in dairy farming with feed efficiency, herd longevity and reproduction in mind. (L - R) Frederik Gadeyne, product developer within the R&D ruminants team at Agrimprove; Zana van Dijk, editor Dairy Global; (top) Valentin Nenov, global ruminants manager at Phileo by Lesaffre; Albert de Vries, Professor at the Department of Animal Sciences, University of Florida.
16-06-2022 | News

Webinar on demand: Sustainable Dairy Farming

In this webinar we will hone in on sustainability in dairy farming and take into account feed efficiency and herd longevity in the dairy farming sector.
25-05-2022 | News

Webinar: Sustainable Dairy Farming

Supporting dairy farmers to operate more profitably saw Score 5 levels of support fluctuate between 36% for using market intelligence analysis, 35% for dairy breeding and genetics work and just 31% for people working in agriculture and the labour supply sectors. Photo: Mark Pasveer
24-05-2022 | News

UK: Protecting the reputation of dairy sector key

The DCANZ has said that while the UK is the world’s second largest dairy import market, New Zealand exporters have had participation in this trade curtailed by serious tariff disadvantages compared with European Union competitors. Photo: Canva
08-03-2022 | News

Tariff-free dairy trade: New Zealand welcomes UK trade deal