DairyNZ supports the farming sector by investing in research, resource development, extension and advocacy to ensure sustainable1 dairy farming and food production.
This video provides an introduction to some of the big questions DairyNZ’s farmers and scientists are working to answer.
Transcript
Ben Fisher
Climate change2 is making things more unpredictable.
Dr Ina Pinxterhuis
Nitrogen3 has been increasing in our waterways.
Holly Flay
Methane4 is playing a role in global warming.
Dr Elena Minnée
Anything we do in a big way does have an impact on the environment.
Dr Ina Pinxterhuis
If we have more and more summer droughts, some of our pasture species5, like perennial6 ryegrass, don’t persist very well any more.
Holly Flay
We need to play our part in the dairy industry to help reduce emissions.
Ben Fisher
It’s important for me as a farmer to mitigate7 our impacts.
Dr Ina Pinxterhuis
We all want clean waterways. Farmers are fishermen, farmer families are swimming.
Holly Flay
But we also need to do it so that we can still feed the world.
Ben Fisher
DairyNZ is conducting a lot of research. DairyNZ’s role here is to ask those tough questions.
Dr Ina Pinxterhuis
We’re looking at animals, we’re looking at forages and other solutions that work on farm that are practical.
Kieran McCahon
Farmers have a huge role in driving the questions that we want to answer within science.
Dr Elena Minnée
There’s a lot of forward-thinking farmers that try these things before we do.
Holly Flay
There’s just so much that needs to be discovered so that we can help the environment and feed the world so that we’ve got a future to matter.
Acknowledgements
Ben Fisher
Dr Ina Pinxterhuis
Holly Flay
Dr Elena Minnée
Kieran McCahon
Grace Gibberd
DairyNZ
Wide shot of research barn with feeding stalls at Lye Farm, courtesy of Just the Job.
Acknowledgement
This resource has been produced with the support of DairyNZ.
