NZ Fonterra targets 30% cut in on-farm emissions

Fonterra said that through improving farm practices, novel technologies and offsetting emissions by planting it expected to reduce emissions by about 22%. — Reuters

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-Operative Group want its nearly 8,500 farms to reduce emissions by 30% by 2030, the world’s largest dairy exporter say.

New Zealand, home to five million people, has about 10 million cattle and 26 million sheep and nearly half its total greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture, mainly methane.