ISSUE FOCUS 42 FEED & ADDITIVE MAGAZINE July 2024 of the milk price. It’s therefore important that the value chain downstream from the farm covers the costs of products like Bovaer®. Bovaer®'s use around the world is expanding every day. It has received the necessary approvals from regulatory bodies in Europe and America. As far as we know, you have intensive collaborations with large integrated organizations and cooperations such as Fonterra, Friesland Campina, Arla Foods and Bel Group in different regions of the world. Can you tell us about the prevalence and use of Bovaer® worldwide? We indeed have a large number of global partnerships, and we are happy that there are frontrunners who genuinely want to lower the footprint of milk/ meat and who collaborate with us in a hands-on approach from pilot to scale. Whereas the methane savings have been extensively demonstrated, it’s particularly the business model on how do we capture and record the methane savings and how do we financially incentivize the farmers is still in its infancy, and which requires significant work. What we see in the EU is that we in many cases have completed the pilot phase, and are now moving to the scaling phase. For the US we expect an accelerated scale up due to the market structure, size and feeding systems of the farms, the US government grants available and the tooling and carbon inset business model put in place by our strategic partner Elanco Animal Health. To date, Bovaer® has enabled the reduction of ~120.000 tons CO2e, and we expect this to scale rapidly. Could you tell us a little bit about production? What is the current production amount? As far as we know, you have a production facility under construction in Scotland. What will be the production amount you will reach when this facility becomes operational? We currently produce out of a multi-purpose plant in Germany. Which is great for initial launch volumes. In parallel we are working on a dedicated production plant for Bovaer® in Scotland, which can initially produce for 4-6 million cows. Start-up of this facility will be in the course of 2025. About Mark van Nieuwland Mark van Nieuwland has been leading the Bovaer project and business at dsm-firmenich since 2016. Before joining DSM, van Nieuwland worked at McKinsey & Company from 2007 to 2015, holding various positions including Associate Principal. His career also includes roles at Lloydspharma and Celesio AG. Mark van Nieuwland holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Marketing and International Business and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Advertising and Public Relations from Penn State University. He also earned a Master's degree in Business Administration with a focus on Strategic Management from Erasmus University Rotterdam and participated in an Executive Leadership Program at The Wharton School. In his current role, Mark van Nieuwland is leading efforts to reduce methane emissions in agriculture through innovative feed additives like Bovaer, contributing to global sustainability goal.
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