Leading organizations in the U.S. dairy industry have committed to efforts to
hit net zero industry emissions by 2050 in an effort to help mitigate climate
impacts. However, achieving this goal will require a complex set of steps
involving animal nutrition, manure management, and cropping systems. Whether
this goal is achievable is an open question, but if it is achievable, we have
to identify changes the industry needs to undertake today.
The Virtual Dairy Nutrition and Management Series will address this topic in
our third program. Michigan State University and corporate experts on methane
and net carbon emissions from the dairy industry have recorded talks that are
now available at the VDNMS YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdrkTC0Xo9gLxiYlpo3itBgQJu5En62Ck
At 10 a.m. on March 1 these speakers will join us for a live panel held over
Zoom, including opportunities to pose questions to the panel. You may register
for the Zoom panel by sending an email request to virtualdnms@gmail.com.
Additionally, VDNMS will include three graduate student presentations on topics
related to dairy sustainability, as well as new "tech talks"
providing insights into getting the most out of feed management software.
The VDNMS is a collaborative effort of university and industry experts to
provide the dairy industry with timely and useful technical updates in a
convenient format. More than 35 presentations from industry experts and
researchers are now available on the YouTube channel.