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A Farmer's Perspective: Reducing GHG Emissions On-Farm with Fraser McGougan
Episode 1828th July 2023 • RaboTalk – Growing our future • Rabobank NZ
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On this episode of RaboTalk's Growing our future, host Blake Holgate is joined by farmer Fraser McGougan. Fraser, chair of DairyNZ's Climate Change Ambassadors, and his wife Katherine own a dairy farm in the Eastern Bay of Plenty and were winners of the Bay of Plenty Farm Environment Awards Supreme Award in 2019.

This episode focuses on understanding what is in your control as a farmer when it comes to on-farm emissions, and what levers or actions farmers have at their disposal now to help. Blake and Fraser discuss Fraser's farming career and current operation, when and how his on-farm sustainability journey began, and the drivers behind this journey; Fraser's key actions in addressing on-farm sustainability, especially in relation to nitrogen, feed and animal management, and electricity; and the Climate Change Ambassadors and step change programme. Fraser shares his vision for his farming operation for 2030, and the industry as a whole in thirty years' time.

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