The Dairy Podcast Show - #43 - Sustainability on dairy farms: challenges and evaluation tools

With consumers raising concerns about dairy activities and seeking more sustainable dairy products, dairy farms have been placed under scrutiny. That is why developing more sustainable dairy operations isn’t just an option anymore, it's an obligation. To better understand sustainability and how to evaluate it, Dr. Michel Wattiaux discusses nitrogen efficiency and protein levels, concepts of system and sustainability, and evaluation tools. Also, in this episode, he goes into the challenges of such tools and the issues of implementing sustainability. 

What you'll learn: 

1. Efficient nitrogen utilization

2. Sustainable dairy farms

3. Defining sustainability on farms

4. Tools to evaluate sustainability

5. Varying diet protein levels of cows

Meet the guest:

Dr. Michel Wattiaux

Experience

      ○ Current: Professor at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Background

       ○ Ph.D. (the University of Wisconsin-Madison)

       ○ M.Sc. (the University of Wisconsin-Madison)

       ○ B.Sc., Agricultural Engineering  

Hobbies: Swimming; walking in nature

Favorite book, movie or TV series: Les Miserables (the musical, the movie(s), and mainly, the actual book!!!)

Favorite quote: "Allow your Bliss / We must let go of the life we have planned as to accept the one that is waiting for us." – Joseph Campbel

Connect with our guest on Social Media: LinkedIn