Modern Dairy and dsm-firmenich to collaborate on dairy sustainability with methane-reducing feed additive Bovaer®

dsm-firmenich, innovators in health, nutrition and beauty, and China Modern Dairy Holdings, Ltd. ("Modern Dairy"), a leading dairy farming operator and raw milk producer in China, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to enhance sustainability of Chinese dairy farming through the implementation of Bovaer®. This is the first such agreement in China.

Bovaer® is the most extensively studied and scientifically proven solution to the challenge of lowering livestock’s methane emissions. In the dairy sector, methane is the most common and powerful greenhouse gas and is mainly generated in the digestive tracts of cows, released when the animals burp. Through the implementation of Bovaer®, methane emissions can be reduced by approximately 30% for dairy.

In November 2023, China launched the “Methane Emission Control Action Plan,” aimed at significantly reducing methane emissions across sectors, including agriculture, in China. As a leading dairy producer in China, China Modern Dairy Holdings is supporting the implementation of this action plan across its operations, by supplying milk with a lower environmental footprint to customers like China Mengniu Dairy, a top 10 global dairy company.

“We are excited to commence preparations to enter the Chinese dairy market. We are on track to submit our Chinese registration dossier for Bovaer® later this year and hope to gain approval in the coming years. The collaboration with Modern Dairy will help us to tailor our offering and go-to-market model for the Chinese market, and we are happy to work with the industry leaders on this topic. Preparation work will start now, while we await local market authorization for commercialization,” said Mark van Nieuwland, Senior Vice President Bovaer® at dsm-firmenich.

Bovaer® is already commercially available in 65 countries including EU member states, the UK, USA, Canada, Mexico, Australia, most of Latin America, and select other markets.