For dairy companies

A verified premium pathway for non-replacement calves.

Calves that currently create cost, pressure and reputational risk become the start of a verified premium pathway your milk suppliers can access. Connect before verified processing capacity is fully allocated.

One upstream payment in. A measurable ESG position out. Verified supply allocated across your farmer base, distributed internally as you choose.

An independent standard for the chain it serves, modelled on Bonsucro and FSC.

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What you get

Slot allocation, supplier loyalty, ESG position.

Slot allocation

One payment, pre-season

Buy access to verified processing capacity for the season ahead. Distribute slots across your milk suppliers as you choose.

Supplier-loyalty lever

A calf pathway suppliers want

Your suppliers want a credible solution for non-replacement calves. The dairy company that brings it earns the relationship.

Cohort visibility

Aggregate outcomes you can report against

See how your allocated calves perform across the chain. Operator detail is anonymised; cohort outcomes are yours to report against.

Why now

A credible calf pathway, with verified capacity tightening.

The non-replacement-calf problem is reputational, ethical, and increasingly regulatory. Verified processing capacity will be scarce; the dairy companies who help build the pathway shape how it works.

The calf pathway question

Reputational, ethical, regulatory

Consumer pressure, disclosure standards and industry self-regulation are tightening around non-replacement calves.

Capacity will be scarce

Build the pathway, shape the allocation

Verified processing capacity is finite. Early dairy partners help shape how it’s allocated and how the pathway works for their suppliers.

Milk-supplier retention

Suppliers want this pathway

A credible calf pathway is a supplier-side want, not a Scope 3 add-on. The dairy company that brings it retains share.

Who’s behind it

Independent science. Public records. Animal by animal.

The science

Bioeconomy Science Institute (formerly AgResearch)

54 validated LCA scenarios for 10–18 month young dairy beef on grass. Animal-by-animal measurement, not industry average.

Source: AgResearch report RE450/2024/054, Mazzetto et al. 2024.

The animal record

NLIS & NAIT

The tag in the animal’s ear is the receipt. Independently queryable, never bypassed.

The data path

API or CSV

Weigh data flows from the producer’s reader into the verified record. Operator data stays with the operator.

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Across the chain

Every link sees the same record.

Five perspectives. One verified animal.