Results from Kite & Cogent EcoFeed project show increased PLI & milk solids & a carbon reduction

After Chris’ report this week, Will and Ben are joined by Richard Ward, Derbyshire dairy farmer, Siôn Parry, genetics data and analysis specialist with Cogent & Rose Jackson, Kite’s Head of Genetics to report and reflect on the findings from a 3-year joint project between Kite and Cogent Breeding. Rose & Siôn discuss the objectives and findings of the project which focussed on maximising gains for milk solids and carbon reduction alongside the selection of the EcoFeed trait to improve feed efficiency. Richard shares his reasons for getting involved in the project, the results he’s seen and his focus for the future. Rose talks about these accelerated performance improvements vs industry average and Sion predicts this rate of progress could deliver 10% of the 30% industry target for carbon reduction by 2030.