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What you need to know about renewable natural gas expansion

Financial pros and cons of adding a renewable natural gas project to your operation.

May 22, 2023

There’s a lot of buzz around renewable natural gas (RNG) as a means for dairy farmers to diversify revenue while improving their carbon footprints. For many operators, it can be a particularly attractive option, especially given the current market and economic conditions.

The key to measuring the livestock industry’s warming impact

A new metric for measuring methane emissions, GWP*, paints a clearer picture of animal agriculture’s true role in warming the planet and offers promise of the industry’s ability to achieve climate neutrality.

April 18, 2023

Frank Mitloehner

To paraphrase Peter Drucker, you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Ever since the business guru shared his words of wisdom, the principle has become integral to effectively running an organization. But who knew it also applies to animal agriculture, methane emissions and global warming?

McConnell, Finstad on 'The Dynamic World of Agri-Food'

A fireside chat at the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar covered all that is exciting in the future of agri-food.

April 4, 2023

Katie Coyne

From technology to sustainability to land ownership to youth to the mature crowd, Kim McConnell and Diane Finstad kicked off the Western Canadian Dairy Seminar with a dynamic talk about the dairy world.

Beef’s contribution to global food security

The beef industry is in a strong position not only to help improve global food security, but to contribute in a positive manner to worldwide sustainability efforts such as carbon sequestration.

March 17, 2023

Vaughn Holder

The research behind food security suggests that only a handful of nations are protein insecure. But are the data overlooking the importance of protein quality?

DairyPrint model: Helping dairy farmers toward higher sustainability

The recently developed DairyPrint model was designed to assess the environmental impact of dairy farms by utilizing simulations of potential scenarios and farm-specific characteristics.

March 14, 2023

Victor E. Cabrera and Tadeu da Silva

The main objective of developing this model is bringing to farmers, consultants (veterinarians, nutritionists, etc.), researchers and agricultural students a high-level, simple, minimalistic, user-friendly, still powerful and scientifically sound whole-farm decision support model to assess economic and environmental tradeoffs of dairy farming for strategic nutrient management decisions.

[Podcast] Evan Barton: First-generation dairy farmer and taking advantage of opportunities the industry presents

January 17, 2023

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Evan Barton of South Fork Dairy Farm in Newark, Ohio. Barton is a first-generation dairy farmer who signed a deal with Clean Energy Fuel to use the manure that his cows produce to create renewable natural gas

Technologies at work improve dairy’s environmental impact

Industry experts weigh in on recent research that reveals the green benefits of modern dairy technologies.

December 26, 2022

Jenn Coyne

A collaborative study between the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM), the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) revealed significant environmental benefits of modern dairy, hay and forage production technologies in North America over the last 15 years.

The environment is right to tell beef’s sustainability story

While it’s often frustrating to see how people view the livestock industry and its impact on the environment, cattlemen and cattlewomen hold a lot of power in the modern world to change public perception for good.

December 21, 2022

Joe Proudman

Finding information about meat isn’t really hard. If you’re involved and interested in the livestock sector, it is likely reflected in your news and social media feeds. You’re inundated with content about beef and other animal-sourced foods through social media, podcasts, newsletters and even face-to-face conversations.

The impact of feed additives on enteric methane emissions

Pressure continues to increase for the livestock industry to reduce emissions. Several formulations are now on the market to help producers achieve that goal while maintaining – and even improving – feed efficiency, with more on the way.

October 24, 2022

Ermias Kebreab

In the U.S., agricultural greenhouse gas emissions were about 9.9% of the nation’s total emissions according to the 2022 report by the EPA. Methane emissions from enteric fermentation and manure management represent 26.9% and 9.2%, respectively, of total methane emissions from anthropogenic activities in the nation.