Carbon proof
AgResearch modelled the carbon footprint of New Zealand pastoral young dairy beef. KaiProva calculates from there — animal by animal, from real identity, real weights and the real processing result.
AgResearch report RE450/2024/054 · Mazzetto et al. · 2024
New Zealand young dairy beef
32–48%
lower carbon footprint than the Beef + Lamb New Zealand Class 9 average
New Zealand pastoral young dairy beef, finished at 10–18 months. The result does not extend to other countries, stock classes or production systems.
AgResearch report RE450/2024/054 · Mazzetto et al. · 2024
The first result
New Zealand pastoral young dairy beef, finished at 10–18 months.
The commissioned AgResearch study modelled this stock class across different ages, animal classes and growth rates. Against the New Zealand beef benchmark used in the study, the result was a 32–48% lower carbon footprint.
That is the result KaiProva can support first. It is not a claim about every animal or every kind of beef.
Why weights matter
You may already be collecting much of the evidence.
How efficiently an animal grows is a major driver of its carbon footprint. An industry average hides that difference.
Dated weights from existing equipment show how much liveweight the animal is adding over time.
Each weight stays connected to the official tag, even when the animal moves to another participating farm.
Animal by animal
The number is calculated from evidence attached to the animal. It is not a direct reading from a carbon sensor.
KaiProva starts with the identity the animal already carries. No second tag is required.
Each new weigh adds to the animal’s actual growth history instead of relying on an industry average.
Processing adds the final animal result and completes the history used for the calculation.
KaiProva’s own methodology turns the completed record into a result for that animal, with the published research as its input.
Why individual results matter
One completed record can serve the people on both sides of processing.
The result comes back to the people who raised the animal, helping them compare performance across animals and seasons.
The final animal result stays attached through processing instead of being reduced to an unsupported claim.
The supported result reaches the buyer with the record behind it, not as an industry-wide assumption.
Plain answers
No. Carbon is calculated, not sensed. KaiProva’s methodology works from the evidence in that animal’s record — including its real weight history — with the published AgResearch modelling as its input.
No. The range describes the production system studied. KaiProva only supports an individual result when that animal’s record fits the evidence and scope.
Processing completes the animal record with the final result. That closes the lifetime history used to produce and carry the individual carbon evidence.
The gap stays visible. KaiProva does not replace missing weights or ownership history with an assumption.
Go deeper
We will share the source, scope and assumptions behind the first KaiProva carbon result.
