NET ZERO INITIATIVE
27 Board Companies
300 + engaged through
 Committees/Taskforces
 Sustainability Alliance
 Common Voice Network
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Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy

NET ZERO INITIATIVE
Fuel Emissions, 5,4%
Enteric Emissions;
34,8%
Feed Emissions;
26,4%
Manure Emissions;
33,4%
Fuel Emissions Enteric Emissions Feed Emissions Manure Emissions
On-Farm Environmental Footprint
Kg CO2e /kg FPCM
Manure & Nutrient Management (Manure Print) 0.36
On-Site Enteric (Enteric Print) 0.43
Onsite Energy and Fuel (Energy Print) 0.07
Feed Production (Feed Print) 0.19
Farm gate GHG Emissions 1.18
*Thoma 2013, Greenhouse gas emissions from milk production and consumption in the United States: A cradle-to-grave life
cycle assessment circa 2008
Contribution of Farm Prints from Thoma 2013 Cradle-to-grave, Figure 6
Farm to Field Gate Baseline (2007)

NET ZERO INITIATIVE 4
U.S. Dairy as an Environmental Solution
By 2050, U.S. dairy collectively commits to:
BECOME CARBON
NEUTRAL OR BETTER
OPTIMIZE WATER USE WHILE
MAXIMIZING RECYCLING
IMPROVE WATER QUALITY
BY OPTIMIZING UTILIZATION
OF MANURE AND NUTRIENTS
GROUNDWORK
Foundational work on environmental
and economic analysis, research and
measurement to inform decisions,
update models and advance
outcomes that will benefit all dairy
farms
DAIRY SCALE FOR GOOD (DS4G)
Expedited economic and environmental
projects on a small set of pilot farms to prove
the business case, decrease capital cost and
create additional revenue streams as a catalyst
for solutions on all farms
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Collaborative action to stimulate greater
access to technical, financial and
educational support and motivate the
adoption of environmental practices across
farms of all sizes, regions and designs
v
U.S. Dairy Net Zero Initiative (NZI)
KNOCKING DOWN BARRIERS TO ACHIEVE NET ZERO GHG AND SIGNIFICANT IMPROVEMENTS IN WATER FROM FIELD TO FARM GATE
F I E L D & F A R M
S T R A T E G Y
V I S I O N
G O A L S
W O R K S T R E A M S
and member constituents

• No/low-till farming
and cover crops
• Renewable
fertilizers
• Precision
agriculture
• Reduced liquid manure
storage and proper
maintenance
• Technologies to capture
nutrients and create new
manure-based products
• Nutrient Management
Planning (NMP)
• Anaerobic digesters turn
manure into biogas
• LED lighting, variable speed
vacuum pumps,
high-efficiency refrigeration,
and fans
• Conversion of biogas into
electricity and/or renewable
natural gas
• Renewable energy sources
from wind/solar
Feed production and practice
changes:
On-farm energy efficiency
and renewable energy
usage
• Feed additives
• Optimized feed rations
• Genetics
• Technology for farm
animal management
Cow care & efficiency:
Visuals do not represent all possible practices, technologies or benefits. Each farm can voluntarily contribute to net zero efforts based on their individual operation.
Manure handling and nutrient management:
NZI: Four Key
Areas of Focus
5

NET ZERO INITIATIVE 6
Pathway to Environmental and Economic Viability
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1. Technology cost
reductions
2. Manure-Based
Products
3. Ecosystem
Services Markets
CoststotheFarmer
COST AVOIDANCE
BENEFITS GAP
Annual Cost and Benefits Gap of Technology & Practice Adoption
TECHNOLOGY
OPERATION COSTS
TECHNOLOGY
INSTALLATION
COSTS
Gap Closers
BenefitstotheFarmer

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GROUNDWORK
DAIRY SCALE FOR
GOOD (DS4G)
Research, Data, Knowledge
Measurement Elements
Partner Farms
Technology and Model
Development
COLLECTIVE IMPACT
Facilitate scaled adoption
Partner Projects
Industry and Value Chain
Collaboration
NZI Implementation
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NET ZERO INITIATIVE
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