Climate Change Training Workshop: Modelling Greenhouse Gas Emissions on Individual Dairy Farms

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Please note this event is fully booked.

Requirements on farmers to understand, manage and report their agricultural greenhouse gas emissions are increasing in the next few years as part of He Waka Eke Noa. This includes a price on emissions at the farm level from 2025.

The NZAGRC, AgFirst and NZIPIM have partnered to bring you this advanced training workshop, designed for farm advisors and consultants wanting to develop the skills needed to provide in-depth advice and support to dairy farming clients on:

  • Estimation of on-farm agricultural greenhouse gas emissions
  • Identification of options for managing/reducing those emissions
  • Modelling the greenhouse gas impact of those different options for the farm
  • Understanding the economic impact of the different options.

Participants will receive hands-on training in how to model different greenhouse gas mitigation scenarios on a dairy farm. A combination of Farmax and spreadsheeting is used to analyse the impact of different mitigation options, including on farm profitability.

Participants will work in pairs to model different scenarios, ranging from simple to complex. Modelling outcomes will be discussed, working through which scenarios offer the best options for the farmer in terms of climate impact and profitability (also considering nitrate leaching). There will also be time to explore ways to effectively communicate results with farmers.

Participants will be supported by technical experts from AgFirst and Farmax. There is no charge for attendance.

With a maximum of 14 people per workshop, spaces are limited so register now to avoid missing out! This is open to NZIPIM members and non-members.

Please note: this workshop uses Farmax for the farm systems modelling, so participants must have a good working understanding of Farmax.

If you need to improve your Farmax proficiency, please make sure you have attended one of their courses before registering for this modelling workshop. A pre-workshop training session will be run on November 8 – please register here.

If you do not have experience with Farmax, and you are not able to attend the Farmax course, please do not register for the modelling workshop at this time.

The NZAGRC is holding a sheep and beef modelling workshop on Thursday 17 November 2022. If you are interested in attending, please register here.