The Innovation Center has launched a portfolio of innovation projects to achieve this goal, including Farm Smart.ĭean Foods reduced its greenhouse gas emissions intensity by 3.2 percent year-on-year, from. In 2008, the dairy industry committed to a Sustainability Roadmap with the goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions of fluid milk by 25 percent and build business value by at least $238 million by 2020. The online tool is funded in part by the Walton Family Foundation and the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (USDA-NRCS). For example, the tool can help a dairy producer considering conservation tillage or precision fertilizer practices estimate reductions in input costs and GHG emissions, says Doug Young, general partner of Spruce Haven Farm and Research Center in Union Springs, NY.įarm Smart was developed by academics and the Innovation Center and began with an initial investment by dairy producers in 2009. But future versions of the tool will help producers identify and assess sustainable agriculture management practices to make dairies more cost-efficient and productive, the industry group says. An online tool to help dairies calculate their environmental footprint is being tested by producers, the Innovation Center for US Dairy says.įarm Smart currently focuses on voluntary self-assessment in four areas: energy consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, water quality and water use.
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