FarmAhead™ Technology

Helping our farmer owners spot ways to lower their farms' emissions requires knowledge. So, we've developed a FarmAhead™ Check to collect data and build our knowledge. Farmers use it to collect more than 200 data points; from what the cows eat to the energy that is used on the farms.

The results are verified by a third-party advisor and stored in a large dataset that gives us great and precise insights into dairy farming across seven countries in Northern Europe and multiple opportunities to support and motivate our farmers to move ahead faster in their sustainability transition. We also share learnings with industry stakeholders, politicians, and research partners for continuous development.

Our key customers in retail, foodservice and in the food industry share our desire to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from dairy production and improve protection of nature and biodiversity.

We all depend on the primary producers, the farmers, to accelerate the positive change on farm. Through FarmAhead™ Customer Partnerships, our customers can invest in on-farm sustainability efforts and directly contribute to reducing Arla’s emissions, which also helps them reduce the emissions from their own value chain. Together, we can encourage and support Arla farmers and their use of our FarmAhead™ Technology toolbox to deliver further improvements for climate and nature.

Together with Royal DSM, we're running a pilot to test the methane reducing feed additive Bovaer® on 10,000 dairy cows across European farms. Research indicates that Bovaer® can reduce methane emissions by around 30 per cent.