Newtrient Blog

Newtrient Awarded Over $18M to Accelerate Methane Emission Reductions on Farms in Midwest and Idaho

Media Contact: Jamie Vander Molen BoehlSVP, Sustainability Initiatives & Business Development, Newtrient [email protected](312) 898-8218 ROSEMONT, IL – Nov. 28, 2023 – On November 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Newtrient three grants totaling over $18 million in funding to support dairy methane emission reduction…

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Collaborative Innovation: Athian’s Vital Role in Advancing Livestock Sustainability

Our partners at Athian were recently featured with Farm Journal in a review of Livestock Sustainability systems. In "Livestock Sustainability: A Push to Change A Mitigating Climate" Farm Journal explores the importance of collaboration across the value chain to meet emissions reduction goals, and the role that Athian has…

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Newtrient invests in Athian, a Carbon Credit Marketplace, to Advance Dairy’s Environmental Efforts

Media Contact: Jamie Vander Molen BoehlVP, Sustainability Initiatives, [email protected](312) 898-8218 ROSEMONT, IL – Feb. 2, 2023 – Today, Newtrient, an environment and technical resource company assisting U.S. dairy farmers with economically reducing their environmental footprint, announced an investment in Athian, a carbon credit marketplace for…

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Newtrient’s Chris Kopman on reducing emissions from dairy farms

Chris Kopman discusses practices dairy farmers can adopt to reduce their environmental impact. https://www.youtube.com/embed/YoBQF6P2lL4

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Newtrient Completes NRCS Cooperative Agreement Award to Expand Tools to Support Nutrient-Reduction Programs

Since 2015, Newtrient has been working to advance marketplace solutions and to improve the environment. Between 2018 and 2020, Newtrient and its partners worked to advance environmental marketplace solutions and tools to improve water quality. Funded by a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Cooperative Agreement…

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Emerging Dairy Feed Additives Show Promise to Significantly Reduce U.S. Dairy’s Environmental Footprint

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 27, 2020   CONTACT: SCOTT WALLIN [email protected] (407) 765-1561    ROSEMONT, Ill. – Newtrient, in collaboration with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy and leading agriculture environmental experts, released an update on the potential of dairy feed additives for reducing dairy’s environmental…

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Newtrient Applauds Wisconsin State Assembly Passage of Bill to Boost Water Quality Trading Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Jamie Vander Molen February 18, 2020 (312) 898-8218 [email protected]   ROSEMONT, Ill. – The Wisconsin State Assembly today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Cowles (R-Green Bay), Representative Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay), Senator Miller (D-Monona) and Representative Fields (D-Milwaukee) which would accelerate Wisconsin’s…

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What I Learned About Newtrient and the Dairy Industry

Hi, my name is Kelsey Koesters and I am a Communication Intern with Newtrient. I recently graduated from the University of Findlay with a Bachelor's degree in Marketing and a minor in Human Resources.   As an intern, I assist with the research, development, writing and editing of content for both…

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Newtrient Releases Progress on Dairy Manure Management and Nutrient Recovery Solutions

As Newtrient LLC enters its third year, we want to share progress toward a new economic future for dairy on the part of 12 leading dairy cooperatives, Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF). Newtrient was formed with one goal in mind – reduce the environmental footprint of dairy and…

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Newtrient Meets with California Air Resources Board (CARB) to Advance GHG Reduction in California

When thinking about manure management technologies and options, digesters are often the first to come to mind. But methane digesters are only part of the solution. The recovery of phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium and fiber from manure can be accomplished in a variety of ways. Nondigester…

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Newtrient Awarded Over $18M to Accelerate Methane Emission Reductions on Farms in Midwest and Idaho

Media Contact: Jamie Vander Molen BoehlSVP, Sustainability Initiatives & Business Development, Newtrient [email protected](312) 898-8218 ROSEMONT, IL – Nov. 28, 2023 – On November 1, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded Newtrient three grants totaling over $18 million in funding to support dairy methane emission reduction projects in the Midwest and Idaho. The funding is part … Read more

Collaborative Innovation: Athian’s Vital Role in Advancing Livestock Sustainability

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Our partners at Athian were recently featured with Farm Journal in a review of Livestock Sustainability systems. In “Livestock Sustainability: A Push to Change A Mitigating Climate” Farm Journal explores the importance of collaboration across the value chain to meet emissions reduction goals, and the role that Athian has in ensuring the benefits of that collaboration work its way … Read more

Newtrient invests in Athian, a Carbon Credit Marketplace, to Advance Dairy’s Environmental Efforts

Media Contact: Jamie Vander Molen BoehlVP, Sustainability Initiatives, [email protected](312) 898-8218 ROSEMONT, IL – Feb. 2, 2023 – Today, Newtrient, an environment and technical resource company assisting U.S. dairy farmers with economically reducing their environmental footprint, announced an investment in Athian, a carbon credit marketplace for livestock producers to work collaboratively to reach dairy sustainability targets. … Read more

Newtrient Completes NRCS Cooperative Agreement Award to Expand Tools to Support Nutrient-Reduction Programs

Between 2018 and 2020, Newtrient and its partners worked to advance environmental marketplace solutions and tools to improve water quality through a program funded by a Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). Utilizing a Cooperative Agreement award, the project focused on expanding tools that could be used in market-based approaches to address water quality challenges in Vermont and Wisconsin.

Newtrient Applauds Wisconsin State Assembly Passage of Bill to Boost Water Quality Trading Programs

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

The Wisconsin State Assembly today passed legislation sponsored by Senator Cowles (R-Green Bay), Representative Kitchens (R-Sturgeon Bay), Senator Miller (D-Monona) and Representative Fields (D-Milwaukee) which would accelerate Wisconsin’s water quality trading programs, leading to a more economically sustainable path to improve the state’s water quality.