Danone teams up to enhance soil health in New Zealand

14-12-2021 | Smart farming | Article

AgResearch will work with Synlait Milk and Danone supplier farmers on the project, which will run across ten commercial dairy farms in Canterbury, Southland, and Waikato in New Zealand. Photo: Herbert Wiggerman

Danone is teaming up with Synlait, science provider AgResearch and the Ministry for Primary Industries to measure the impact of regenerative agriculture practices on soil health on farms across New Zealand. The soil health project According to a recent news release, this 5-year project will study soil health on 10 farms in Waikato, Canterbury and Otago. On each of the 10 farms, 2 paddocks will be dedicated to comparing conventional practices and regenerative practices, focusing on greater pas