Dairy companies are finding ways to make their businesses more efficient in a bid to lower emissions. However, we are also going through an electricity crisis, and how we use energy needs to be looked at across the board. In this episode we look at new technology such as hydrogen powered milk tankers, and electric powered boilers, as well as new mapping and modelling tools coming from Fonterra to measure carbon removal on farms. 

Guests include:
Michelle Good, Manager of Innovation, Farm Source
Mark de Lautour, CEO, Open Country
Brendan Haigh, Kaitiaki, Miraka

Hosts:
Sheryl Haitana, Editor, Dairy Exporter
Anne Lee, Deputy Editor, Dairy Exporter

Farmsource’s Manager for Innovation Michelle Good discusses a new carbon removal and vegetation mapping tool that Fonterra is looking into. This modelling will look at annual sequestration from trees, using data sources like satellite technology to identify where vegetation is onfarm.

Mark de Lautour from Open Country discusses their world-first electric boiler which is powered by renewable energy including hydroelectric power and wind farms. They’re using the transition period to find out what does and doesn’t work for their system, and also how moving to electric power is affected by a nationwide electricity shortage. 

Miraka has started driving around their dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel milk tanker, as part of the company’s goal to reduce milk transportation emissions. Miraka Kaitiaki Brendan Haigh discusses the challenges and opportunities of being early adopters of the technology, and what they’re planning next. 

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Dairy companies are finding ways to make their businesses more efficient in a bid to lower emissions. However, we are also going through an electricity crisis, and how we use energy needs to be looked at across the board. In this episode we look at new technology such as hydrogen powered milk tankers, and electric powered boilers, as well as new mapping and modelling tools coming from Fonterra to measure carbon removal on farms. 
Guests include:
<ol>
<li aria-level="1">Michelle Good, Manager of Innovation, <a href="https://nzfarmsource.co.nz/">Farm Source</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Mark de Lautour, CEO, <a href="https://www.opencountry.co.nz/en-nz/">Open Country</a></li>
<li aria-level="1">Brendan Haigh, Kaitiaki, <a href="https://www.miraka.co.nz/">Miraka</a></li>
</ol>
Hosts:
<ol>
<li aria-level="1">Sheryl Haitana, Editor, Dairy Exporter</li>
<li aria-level="1">Anne Lee, Deputy Editor, Dairy Exporter</li>
</ol>
Farmsource’s Manager for Innovation Michelle Good discusses a new carbon removal and vegetation mapping tool that Fonterra is looking into. This modelling will look at annual sequestration from trees, using data sources like satellite technology to identify where vegetation is onfarm.
Mark de Lautour from Open Country discusses their world-first electric boiler which is powered by renewable energy including hydroelectric power and wind farms. They’re using the transition period to find out what does and doesn’t work for their system, and also how moving to electric power is affected by a nationwide electricity shortage. 
Miraka has started driving around their dual-fuel hydrogen-diesel milk tanker, as part of the company’s goal to reduce milk transportation emissions. Miraka Kaitiaki Brendan Haigh discusses the challenges and opportunities of being early adopters of the technology, and what they’re planning next. 
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Formally the NZ Dairy Exporter since 1925, DAIRY Country is part of the CountryWide network based in Canterbury, New Zealand.
Get in touch with our Anne Lee - anne@countrywidemedia.co.nz if you have a great insight to share with our thousands of readers and listeners in New Zealand and around the world.
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