Hear about Dairy Trust Taranaki’s pilot of a net-zero farm with Nestlé and Fonterra - a 10 year target with the aim to optimise the farm system to be more efficient using methods such as insetting for carbon sequestration and exploring new technologies. Includes tour of the silvopasture trial site, the EcoPond trial unit, the newly installed solar system, as well as the EVs, cows and cowshed.

• 2pm-4pm 14 Nov (Thu)

Free admission, spaces limited, please register here.

Kavanagh farm

Operated by Dairy Trust Taranaki

Size: 210ha

Stocking rate: 2.6 cows/ha

Key features:

• Demonstration farm owned and operated by Dairy Trust Taranaki.

• 10 year project aiming to demonstrate to farmers a profitable net-zero carbon emissions dairy farm.

• Farm system changes – lower inputs, increased efficiencies, changing to lower footprint feed, improved genetics.

• On-farm carbon sequestration – in-planting into existing vegetation, silvopasture; balanced for carbon, biodiversity and shelter.

• New Technologies – electric vehicles, solar, EcoPond, methane inhibitors, vaccinations.