It has been an excellent past 12 months — and beyond — for Kansas City, Kan.-based Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned cooperative with nearly 11,000 family-farm owners and about 19,000 employees.
Report recommends building 300 more anaerobic digesters (ADs) in the state to harness this methane rather than letting it escape into the atmosphere.
December 1, 2023
Expanding anaerobic digestion of New York's organic waste streams could cut the state's methane emissions 15% while improving public health and creating jobs, a New York State study suggests
The main goal of the project is to demonstrate the benefits of improved livestock nutrition in terms of enhancing livestock productivity, increasing farmers' income, and reducing methane emissions.
November 27, 2023
Company and The Global Methane Hub (GMH)
announce
a new partnership to reduce methane emissions and drive scalable solutions in farming.
MMPA was one of 10 dairy cooperatives and industry partners to receive funding totaling $112 million. Announced by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, the nearly $1 billion in funding targeted 81 partnership projects that incentivize environmental sustainability.
November 24, 2023
Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA), in partnership with Newtrient and others, has been awarded a $6.2 million grant through the 2023 U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Regional Conservation Partnership Program (RCPP).
Foremost Farms has selected Ginkgo as its partner of choice to develop a new upcycling technology because of Ginkgo's metabolic engineering and analytical capabilities, which will allow strain optimization for challenging environmental conditions while avoiding common toxicity issues.
November 9, 2023
Through this partnership, Foremost Farms will leverage Gingko's bioproduction services to develop and commercialize a new technology that could help upcycle billions of pounds of dairy co-products each year.
It outlines the company’s progress towards its sustainability commitments and showcases the work being done to drive even greater positive global impact across operations, supply chains and communities, the company stated.
November 7, 2023
Cargill’s sustainability strategy is intentionally designed to deliver on the company’s purpose of nourishing the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way, by creating products, partnerships and programs in the prioritized areas of Climate, Land and Water and People.
In Episode 33 of the “Let’s Talk Dairy Podcast,” Muriel Acat-Vergnet, president and CEO; Juan Felipe Rivera Carreno, manager of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); and Julie Pickette, marketing services manager for PROVA Inc., discuss ethically sourced ingredients and sustainability at the Montreuil, Ile-de-France, France-headquartered company.