Sustainable Dairy Farming
No one knows better than you that the future of your dairy farm depends on balancing practices and profits that sustain your land, resources and family. The stakes are evolving based on weather patterns, technology, market demand and more. What actions are you taking to remain resilient?
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Manure has tremendous nutritive value, but only if it is available to the crop and that crop is efficient at taking up those nutrients
With the drive to become carbon neutral by 2050, America’s dairy farms bring more than milk to the market. They are looking to exchange carbon credits for dollars. Caballero Dairy will soon be in this market space.
Reclaimed sand and recycled manure solids help farmers lower bedding costs. When bedding meets quality thresholds, farms that use recycled bedding produce the same quality of milk as those that use fresh bedding.
The Schlangens employ more than 30 conservation practices over time, including cover cropping, establishing buffer strips and variable rate fertilization. They are also a recipient of the U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award.
Deer Run Dairy in Kewaunee, Wis. is led by the partnership of the father-son-duo, Duane and Derek Ducat, and Dale Bogart. Their hardworking efforts landed them with one of the 2022 U.S. Dairy Sustainability awards.
MDVA took the initiative to implement proactive steps to better their community while achieving national environmental goals. These efforts helped MDVA to be recognized by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy.
The VarcorTM system from Washington state-based Sedron Technologies converts dairy manure into high-value components in a continuous closed loop, all without tractors, manure spreaders, or waste lagoons.
A sweeping environmental policy change in the Netherlands is threatening to upend ag productivity along with the lives and livelihoods of farmers.
RNG is natural gas derived from the decomposition of organic waste material, including food waste; garden and lawn clippings; municipal wastewater; landfill waste; and – the biggie for livestock production – manure.
The EU’s executive arm, the European Commission, has announced a number of policy initiatives that have not been implemented as regulation yet, but could have a significant impact on agriculture in the EU.