How environmental life-cycle assessment is shaping farming

Precision farming is growing rapidly, driven by the increasing demand for sustainability, efficiency, traceability, and animal welfare in food systems under pressure to provide the world's rising population with animal protein, said dsm-firmenich.

The Dutch company's existing precision nutrition solutions for animal nutrition and health include Verax, an integrated animal management system that leverages data to provide a deeper understanding of the health, productivity, and welfare of animals, and ​Sustell, an intelligent sustainability service designed to enhance the environmental sustainability of animal protein production.

David Nickell, vice president, sustainability and business solutions, dsm-firmenich animal nutrition and health, spoke to FeedNavigator about the life cycle analysis (LCA) trend in farming and how Sustell ties into that