Dr. Michel Wattiaux: Dairy Farm Sustainability Evaluation | Ep. 43

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.

“My research program can be summarized as looking at the inefficiencies of dairy cows.” – Dr. Michel Wattiaux‬

What you’ll learn:

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:40) Introduction 
• (10:21) Efficient nitrogen utilization
• (14:44) Sustainable dairy farms
• (26:09) Defining sustainability on farms
• (31:29) Tools to evaluate sustainability
• (44:56) Varying diet protein levels of cows
• (54:20) The final questions

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

Connect with the guest!

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