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Regenerative agriculture focuses on producing healthy soil. Organic milk commands a premium over conventional milk. In the past year, Pāmu was paid between $7.30 and $7.90 per kilogram of milk solids for conventional milk compared with $8.90 to $9.10 per kgMS for organic milk. Converting to an organic farm means a lower stocking rate, more focus on the production of each cow, lower input costs and premium milk prices, which makes for a more productive, profitable farm, Carden said. “We have seen some success with that on our organic properties,” he said. Farmers were re-setting their systems to find the optimum production level that would enable them to lower their environmental footprint but still generate enough production to get the financial return they needed on their farms, he said.