Dairynz Tech Series: Dairy Science In Action

A lower stocking rate, less nitrogen fertiliser and less imported feed – those are the characteristics of a ‘future farm’ being tested down at Dairy Trust Taranaki. Researchers are into their third season comparing a successful current farm system with a farm system that’s designed to meet the regulations and emissions pricing coming at dairy farmers. So, have they been able to make the future farm system work at a similar profitability to the current farm? And what’s happened with greenhouse gas emissions and nitrate leaching reductions? To talk us through this exciting research are Jason Rolfe, general manager at Dairy Trust Taranaki, and DairyNZ farm systems specialist Chris Glassey.Chapters01:11 – The purpose of Dairy Trust Taranaki (DTT)04:15 – DairyNZ’s relationship with DTT05:15 – The DTT trial to reduce emissions while increase profit06:22 – What does the research look like? 08:45 – The partner farm network10:04 – Challenges along the way 11:10 – What have we learnt from the trial so far?16:52 – Nitra