Regenerative Dairy Pastures
Regenerative pasture management hits at the heart of some of our biggest environmental challenges - restoring waterway quality, increasing carbon sequestration in our soils and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
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Location
New Zealand
Market Category
Regen Ag
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Why regenerative dairy?
Regenerative pasture management can include reducing synthetic fertiliser and chemical pesticide use, increasing pasture species diversity and changing grazing management.
Nitrogen fertiliser use in Aotearoa New Zealand has increased 629% over the last 10 years. This increase has contributed to the declining health of our fresh waterways, and has made dairy farmers financially vulnerable to increasing input costs.
Dairy farmers moving to regenerative pasture management are experiencing financial resilience against rising input costs, resilience against drought and flood, increased herd health, and an increased joy of farming.
What types of outcomes can be expected from regen pasture management?
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The Healds shifted to regenerative pasture management and within three years they had:
Eliminated synthetic fertiliser and pesticides,
Reduced animal health costs by a third,
Shifted to once a day milking,
Reduced feed bill by just over $200,000.
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Developed by Troy Baisden
Te Pūnaha Matatini
Excess nitrogen fertiliser leaches into waterways and groundwater, damaging freshwater ecosystems and human health.
This Claim report shows current and baseline (starting) nitrogen-containing fertiliser applications per hectare, and calculates the quantity of nitrogen application avoided.
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Developed by Troy Baisden
Te Pūnaha Matatini
The Claim focuses on reducing excess nitrogen in the urine of dairy cattle, which they excrete when their diet becomes too rich in nitrogen. This excess nitrogen generates a powerful, long-lived greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide, and leaches into our waterways, harming freshwater quality and biodiversity.
This Claim report shows reduction in risk of nitrous oxide (greenhouse gas) emissions achieved by managing nitrogen fertiliser application as well as the timing and type of feed used on dairy platforms.
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Developed by Calm The Farm
Livestock numbers (both total and per ha) are the leading indicator of farming intensity and greenhouse gas emissions on dairy farms. When combined with synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use, they can give an indication of overall environmental impact.
This Claim report provides stock monitoring data to show a sustained reduction in livestock on a dairy farm and calculates the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.
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Developed by Calm The Farm
This Pledge supports farmers to capture the data about their reduction in synthetic fertiliser and chemical pesticide use; their increase in pasture species and changes in their grazing management.
The data collected can be used to create and sell Claims that prove environmental outcomes and earn income.
Pledges are developed by specialists in regenerative practices and guide farmers and land managers so they can take action and measure outcomes with confidence.
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