\u201cMany of our major export customers expect progress on emissions reductions across their supply chains, through to New Zealand farms,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf we want to maintain New Zealand\u2019s competitive advantage and reputation as a trusted supplier of premium food products to discerning customers around the world, we\u2019d be wise to listen to them.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is too big for any one organisation to solve alone, and the collaborative support behind AgriZero NZ shows our partners\u2019 determination to get on with the job.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hewett said getting tools into farmers\u2019 hands was critical to this, adding there would be tools available by 2030.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere should be one to two products each year becoming available between now and 2030.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy 2030, I would expect the farmers will have five to six products to choose from, depending on their farming system.\u201d<\/p>\n
The first AgriZeroNZ-backed tool likely to become available to farmers is a methane-inhibiting bolus developed by Kiwi company Ruminant Biotech, currently undergoing regulatory approval.<\/p>\n
Hewett said some of the technologies might be \u201cstackable\u201d, offering greater emissions reductions and possibly even improved productivity on farm.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe also want to have a portfolio of products so that farmers not only have choice for what\u2019s right for them but also potentially stack products on top of each other.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe could conceivably have a seed treatment solution that means the grasses the animals consume produce less methane, eaten by an animal that may have a bolus or vaccine to reduce the methanogens in the rumen, which may well be wearing a wearable that can deal with nitrous oxide as well\u201d<\/p>\n
Hewett said the new partnerships would also help with supply chains and making these tools available to farmers.<\/p>\n
AgriZero chief executive Wayne McNee said the additional funding would give it the capital to build on the momentum achieved so far.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re backing some of the world\u2019s best innovators and scientists, and they need sustained support to get these new technologies through development, testing and approvals so farmers can trust they\u2019re proven, safe and effective.<\/p>\n
\u201cNot every technology we invest in will succeed; that\u2019s the reality of innovation.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut we\u2019re optimistic that, with continued investment and focus, New Zealand farmers will have a range of tools to choose from by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since being established in 2023, AgriZero has invested more than $80m across 21 projects to develop tools for reducing methane and nitrous oxide emissions, including inhibitors, probiotics, genetics, pasture, vaccines and wearables.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cMany of our major export customers expect progress on emissions reductions across their supply chains, through to New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":620683,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[57328,305491,2372,11231,8615,738,6276,117,111,43,139,69,1118,90,143],"class_list":["post-620682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-117m","tag-agrizero","tag-board","tag-boost","tag-come","tag-funding","tag-gets","tag-new","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-of","tag-on","tag-partners"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620682","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=620682"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/620682\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/620683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=620682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=620682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=620682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}