<h3>Quick facts</h3>
<ul>
<li>Forty-nine percent of New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions come from agriculture.</li>
<li>At the same time,&nbsp;more than 38%&nbsp;of New Zealand's merchandisable exports come from agriculture.&nbsp;</li>
<li>Total New Zealand deer numbers (at 30 June 2015) exceed 907,000</li>
<li>Venison exports total 14,869 tonnes (at September 2015)</li>
</ul>
<h3>What's changed in the beef &amp; sheep sectors since 1990 in on farm practices?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Increased carcass weight</li>
<li>Shorter time to slaughter</li>
</ul>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>What's the impact of these on farm changes&nbsp;on productivity?</h3>
<ul>
<li>Increased&nbsp;finished&nbsp;weight of animal&nbsp;</li>
<li>
<p>Increased meat yield per hectare (kg&nbsp;meat/ha)&nbsp;</p>
</li>
</ul>
<h3>What's the effect of these changes on emissions intensity?&nbsp;</h3>
<p>Emissions intensity of the New Zealand&nbsp;deer sector is lower and&nbsp;a great proportion of feed goes to production rather than maintenance.</p>
<h3>What's the latest from industry?</h3>
<p>Deer Industry New Zealand &amp; DEEResearch <strong><a href="http://deernz.org.nz/deerhub/farm-environment/climate-change/action-reduce-emissions#.WRPZnea7qUk">Read more</a></strong></p>
<h3>On farm practice change summary tables</h3>
<table border="1" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="10">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="33%"><strong>On&nbsp;farm practice</strong></td>
<td width="33%"><strong>Effect on farm productivity</strong></td>
<td width="33%"><strong>Effect on emissions intensity (net)</strong></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td>
<p>Increased carcass weights</p>
<p>Shorter time to slaughter</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Increased&nbsp;finished&nbsp;weight of animal&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>Increased meat yield per hectare (kg&nbsp;meat/ha)&nbsp;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
</td>
<td>
<p>Lower</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>*&nbsp;Greater proportion of feed goes to production rather than&nbsp;maintenance&nbsp;*</p>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<h3>What else is being done to lower emissions on farm?</h3>
<p>The NZAGRC is working in partnership with the PGgRc to explore options to mitigate GHGs on New Zealand farms.&nbsp; An overview publication is available for download</p>
<p><span class="mix_file"><a title="NZAGRC_PGgRC_What are we doing_ed2.pdf" href="user/file/1302/NZAGRC_PGgRC_What%20are%20we%20doing_ed2.pdf"><img src="images/icons/icon_pdf.gif" alt="pdf" width="16" height="16" align="absmiddle" border="0" vspace="1" /> NZAGRC_PGgRC_What are we doing_ed2.pdf</a> <span style="font-size: 80%;">(17.12MB)</span></span></p>
<p>or you can read about <strong><a href="research.html">our research programme</a></strong></p>
<h3>More information</h3>