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The details about #Bovaer are important, but so is the context that Mark van Nieuwland gives about how the downstream market needs to incentivize and compensate early adopters of agricultural environmental sustainability practices of all kinds. #agriculture #sustainability dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health

Innovative way to reduce carbon from livestock! Better for the planet, farmer and livestock sector. Could we do the same in Europe? #innovation #sustainableagriculture #businessmodelinnovation

Athian announced today the first sale of verified carbon credits in the groundbreaking livestock carbon insetting marketplace to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), the largest U.S. milk marketing cooperative. Athian’s first accepted protocol to generate carbon credits by reducing enteric methane and improving feed utilization is through the use of an innovative feed management product and quantification tool from Elanco. If the entire U.S. dairy industry leveraged this same intervention, it could avoid 4.7 million metric tons of CO2e emissions annually from enteric, feed and manure emissions, accelerating the impact animal agriculture has in being part of the climate solution. #SustainableAgriculture

Watch here another example on the trend for #sustainability in animal farming: Creating a transparent baseline on the emissions of animal feed is the crucial first step of starting improvement programs. Evonik Animal Nutrition can help feed producers and farmers with its #inoSust service to engage in process. https://lnkd.in/eqDygjME

Aquanzo explores sustainable marine-based poultry feed alternative Agri-EPI Centre and Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) visited Rastech Research CIC at the University of St Andrews in Scotland for a partner site visit to Aquanzo Production System facilities. During this visit, attendees received an introduction to RASTech, followed by a detailed tour of the Aquanzo system. The team also met the production team, saw the new #artemia grow-out system in action, and learned more about its workings. Aquanzo is currently running a 24-month project funded by Innovate UK-DEFRA in collaboration with Agri-EPI Centre and SRUC, that focuses on developing technologies to farm a new source of marine protein, artemia, marine #zooplankton, sustainably at scale and on land. This explores the use of different agricultural by-products to produce artemia, in turn investigating the nutritional benefits on poultry gut health, lifetime growth, and performance. Overall, this project attempts to address the damaging environmental and cost impacts of harvesting marine ingredients from the wild for use in commercial young animal feeding. Agri-EPI’s Lee Cocker, Project Manager of the Farmed Marine Protein project, said: “The opportunity for Agri-EPI to support the farming of artemia as a potential new source of marine protein is an exciting one. Helping the project gain traction and witnessing the ramping up of its production system has been brilliant. It is great to read so many positive articles about the project across the aquaculture and livestock feed sectors.” At the industrial scale, Aquanzo is forecasting a production capacity of thousands of metric tonnes of artemia meal per year per industrial facility. Agri-EPI guides this project by providing life cycle analysis, measuring the environmental sustainability at each stage of its development, in addition to project management. https://lnkd.in/dmPPHaeu #fishfeed #poultry #feedadditive

Cow Methane Emission Reduction Strategies Expanding....... Summary: Frank Mitloehner, an air-quality specialist and professor at the University of California-Davis, anticipates that strategies to reduce cattle methane emissions, including feed additives, will greatly expand over the next five years. Why it matters: Lower methane-producing animals can contribute to reduced greenhouse emissions from the livestock sector. Dig Deeper: A 2022 FAO publication explored different livestock methane mitigation strategies including improved health, breeding, feed efficiency, and more. Read: https://lnkd.in/er45MwWA

Japan next in line for #Bovaer market introduction 🌱 🐄 dsm-firmenich and Japan's own Meiji Holdings are joining forces to drive sustainability in the Japanese dairy sector. 🔍 This strategic partnership centers around implementing Bovaer, a scientifically-backed feed additive, to combat methane emissions from livestock. With methane being a significant contributor to greenhouse gases, especially in dairy farming, Bovaer promises substantial reductions—up to 30% for dairy cattle and 45% for beef feedlot cattle, according to dsm-firmenich. 🌍 Bovaer is already making waves globally, available in 58 countries, including key markets like the EU, UK, Canada, and more. Now, with Japan in focus, regulatory approval is underway. Mark van Nieuwland, VP of Bovaer at dsm-firmenich Animal Nutrition & Health, is optimistic: "We hope to secure approval for Bovaer in Japan within the next 12 months," he tells FeedNavigator. 🥛 #Sustainability #DairySector #BovaerExpansion 🚀 https://lnkd.in/gaWGzQyg

🌿 Exciting breakthrough in livestock farming! Seaweed Asparagopsis taxiformis could reduce methane emissions in beef steers by up to 68%. A study found that even at low inclusion rates of 0.25%, methane yield dropped by 45%. This eco-friendly approach doesn't compromise meat quality, taste, or yield. 🐄🌱 #SustainableFarming #LivestockInnovation #ClimateAction #EcoFriendly #MethaneReduction

Athian unveiled that Dairy Farmers of America has purchased the first verified carbon credits in the livestock inset marketplace. Athian’s carbon credit marketplace creates a new value stream for dairy producers and demonstrates that cattle can be part of the sustainability solution. 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:👉 https://lnkd.in/d_zY-zVi Dennis Rodenbaugh, President and CEO of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) Paul Myer, CEO of Athian #animalagriculture #Athian #carbondioxide #carbonfootprint #dairycooperative #dairyfarmers #DairyFarmersofAmerica #dairyindustry #dairyproducers #feedmanagementproduct #feedutilization #greenhousegas #greenhousegasemissions #livestockinset #verifiedcarboncredits