Alltech Australia introduces new service to improve farm efficiency and environmental sustainability

Global animal nutrition leader Alltech has introduced Alltech E-CO₂ to strengthen its service offering to livestock producers in Oceania. Alltech E-CO₂ provides on-farm environmental assessments and programs for producers, processors, retailers and governments to measure and reduce the emissions associated with producing agricultural products. After an initial pilot phase in Oceania, Alltech E-CO₂ is excited to provide Carbon Trust certified Oceanic models to the Australian and New Zealand industries.

“Through the analytical tools of Alltech E-CO₂, we are able to work alongside producers to make gains in their herds’ efficiency and their farms’ profitability, all while lowering their carbon footprint,” said Matthew Smith, Alltech vice president of Asia-Pacific. “Today’s producers do not need to make a choice between profitability and sustainability. Alltech E-CO₂’s data proves they can achieve both.”

Alltech E-CO_2, with its headquarters based in the United Kingdom, has developed a portfolio of environmental software and services in response to the need to further understand and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture and the food chain. Its clients range from small family farms to integrated livestock operations and commercial feed mills, as well as large retailers and processors increasingly under pressure to reduce their environmental footprint and meet government and corporate sustainability targets.

“Alltech believes that the future of agriculture depends on solutions that are beneficial to the animal, consumer and environment,” said Dr. Susanne Roth, Alltech E-CO₂ coordinator for Alltech Oceania. “We believe passionately that reducing the environmental impact of agriculture involves simultaneously delivering value to the farmer.”

Alltech E-CO₂ assessments determine the environmental impact of a farm as a holistic measure of overall efficiency. Assessments are directly linked to physical and financial performance, where custom feeding regimes and management practices can be developed to sustainably improve farm efficiency and profitability.

Recent environmental assessments conducted by Alltech E-CO₂ on 58 dairy and 11 beef units across Europe has shown how farm efficiency improvements can boost profitability whilst also reducing the carbon footprint of the enterprise. In the study, which was carried out utilising Alltech E-CO₂ environmental tools, various herd efficiency improvements delivered an average of €238 (AUS $358) extra per cow per year for dairy and €44 (AUS $66) extra per head per day for beef, and there was a significant drop in carbon emissions.

October 12, 2017 - Alltech