Pasture
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Germany
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Verified 2024
Saxony Grazing Group: 38 dairy farms on rotational grazing, verified in year two
Germany. Rotational grazing across 38 dairy farms.
Location
Saxony, Germany
Hectares
12,400 ha
Practice
Rotational grazing, reduced inputs
Registry
Gold Standard
Status
Verified
Satellite pass 8 Jun 2025, sward 88%
Results
+2.8 t/ha
CO2e stored
34,700 tCO2e
Credits issued
15 months
Enrolment to issuance
€1.6 M
Paid to growers
The challenge
Permanent pasture that had been grazed continuously for decades, with sward height and rest periods never recorded.
What we did
Paddocks mapped and rest periods logged by the farms, with satellite passes scoring sward recovery every quarter. Cores taken at the start and after the second grazing season.
The first year I did not believe the number. The second year the payment landed before the seed invoice did.
What the numbers said
2.8 tonnes per hectare, the highest of any region in 2024, with narrow intervals thanks to the uniform soils.
- 34,700 tCO2e issued through Gold Standard
- 38 farms paid in euros within 24 days
- Two paddocks restated after a wet winter, published in Q1 2025
Paddock mapping on the first field day.
Sward recovery after the second rotation.
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