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Regenerative Dairy Pastures

Regenerative pasture management hits at the heart of some of our biggest environmental challenges - restoring waterway quality, increasing carbon sequestration in our soils and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

Location

New Zealand

Market Category

Regenerative Agriculture

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Why regenerative dairy?

Nitrogen fertiliser use has increased 629% over the last 10 years. This has contributed to the declining health of waterways, and has made farmers financially vulnerable to increasing input costs.

Regenerative pasture management can include reducing synthetic fertiliser and chemical pesticide use, increasing pasture species diversity and changing grazing management.

Regenerative dairy farmers are experiencing financial resilience against rising input costs, flood and drought resilience, better herd health, and an increased joy of farming.

What types of outcomes can be expected from regenerative pasture management?

Erosion Reduction

Freshwater Health

Improved Soil Health

Climate Change Adaptation

Animal Health Improvements

How does the NZ Climate Innovation market work for farmers?

1. Complete a land assessment

Complete a land assessment and our team will assess your opportunity to sell Claims and earn income from your environmental outcomes.

2. Sell your Claims

Select from our scientifically-supported templates and list your environmental outcomes for sale as Claims on the NZ Climate Innovation market when it launches.

3. Collect your data

Receive offers on Claims

When the market launches you will be able to list future, in progress or completed Claims for your environmental outcomes. Once your listing is live, you can receive offers to buy these Claims. These offers can come from private corporations, government agencies and beyond. When your Claim is complete, buyers will receive a Claim report containing verifiable data about the outcomes.

Claims and Pledges coming soon

Claim Templates
Pledge Templates

Claim templates are developed by scientists and specialists in the field so you can buy and trade climate outcomes with confidence.

Emission Reduction from Fertiliser and Feed Management

Developed by Troy Baisden
Te Pūnaha Matatini

Dairy cattle excrete excess nitrogen in their urine when their diet becomes too rich in nitrogen. This excess nitrogen generates a powerful, long-lived greenhouse gas, nitrous oxide. This Claim shows a reduction in the risk of nitrous oxide emissions by managing nitrogen fertiliser application and feed used on dairy platforms.

Developed

Nitrogen Fertiliser Reduction

Developed by Calm The Farm

Excess nitrogen fertiliser leaches into waterways and groundwater, damaging freshwater ecosystems and human health. This Claim demonstrates a decrease in nitrogen-containing fertiliser applications, and calculates the quantity of nitrogen avoided.

Developed

Stock Reduction on Farm

Developed by Calm The Farm

Livestock numbers (both total and per ha) are the leading indicator of farming intensity and greenhouse gas emissions on farms. This Claim demonstrates a sustained reduction in livestock on a farm and calculates the resulting reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

Developed

Soil Carbon Accounting

Developed by Manaaki Whenua

Calculates the change in total organic carbon content ('soil carbon') in the top 30cm of agricultural soils in Aotearoa New Zealand over a period of 5 years, using data from direct physical sampling.

In development

Erosion Mitigation

Developed by Troy Baisden, Nick Conland & Josh Duley

Soil erosion reduces soil fertility and pollutes waterways. This template calculates the reduction in erosion risk achieved by land management actions on farmland using the Universal Soil Loss Equation. The results show the reduction in sediment loads from a farm to their catchment and downstream water bodies.

In development

Protect Naturally Uncommon and Threatened Ecosystems

Developed by EcoIndex

There are many unique ecosystems in Aotearoa NZ that are either uncommon, or threatened. These ecosystems often support certain rare species. This Claim recognises the efforts taken to protect these ecosystems from destruction.

In development

Pledges are developed by specialists in regenerative practices and guide farmers and land managers so they can take action and measure outcomes with confidence.

Regenerative Dairy Pastures Pledge

Developed by Calm The Farm

This Pledge supports farmers to capture the data about their reduction in synthetic fertiliser and chemical pesticide use; their increase in pasture species and changes in their grazing management.

The data collected can be used to create and sell Claims that prove environmental outcomes and earn income.