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  • Rights: DairyNZ and The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato
    Published 15 April 2021 Referencing Hub media
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    DairyNZ supports the farming sector by investing in research, resource development, extension and advocacy to ensure sustainable 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 change is making things more unpredictable.

    Dr Ina Pinxterhuis

    Nitrogen has been increasing in our waterways.

    Holly Flay

    Methane 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 species, like perennial 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 mitigate 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.

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