Arla Foods launches €500m sustainable farming incentive scheme
Dairy giant unveils wide-ranging new incentive programme to help farmers deliver on its 2030 emissions reduction goals
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Dairy giant unveils wide-ranging new incentive programme to help farmers deliver on its 2030 emissions reduction goals
‘Sustainability incentive’ aims to cut emissions on farms of its 8,900 European members. including in UK
A sustainability initiative has been launched by international dairy cooperative Arla Foods to encourage farmers to lower carbon footprint.
Dairy co-operative Arla will increase in its supplementary payment from 1 to 1.5 euro cent per kg milk as part of an updated retainment policy.
RESULTS FROM Arla's new climate check regime have confirmed that the dairy co-op's farmers are leading the way in cutting carbon. Since launching last year, the initiative has seen 8131 farms across seven European countries submitting data on the number of animals, feed composition, crop production, use of fertilizer, manure handling, use of electricity, fuel and renewable energy on their farms. This data has then been validated by external assessors in every market in a process which will now be repeated annually. The data confirms that Arla's farmers are among the most climate efficie...