| EconomicAll |
1.0 |
— |
By default this is set to 1 for economic allocation of different cattle classes. For mass allocation set to 0.
|
| KG_CulledBreeders |
4597236.161 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Quantity of Culled cattle sold (kg live weight) ? e.g. mature bulls, cows and spay cows >3 years old, calculated using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| KM_Hay |
100.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for hay (km)
|
| CC_Hay |
0.4 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of hay as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| All_Weaners_Eco |
0.16716886329450675 |
(KG_Weaners*P_Weaners)/(P_PrimeCattle*KG_PrimeCattle+P_CulledBreeders*KG_CulledBreeders+KG_Weaners*P_weaners) |
Economic allocation fraction for Weaned cattle - default for AusLCI
|
| DMI |
313256674.7 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) kg Dry matter Intake. (Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| TotalTkmRoad |
— |
(Dry_mix*KM_Lick+Wet_mix*KM_LICK+Hay*KM_Hay+Copra*KM_Copra+Molasses*KM_Molasses+Cottonseed*KM_Cottonseed+Protein_Pellets*KM_Protein_Pellets+Wheat*KM_Wheat)/1000 |
Total transport for inputs to the system in tkm. All assumed to be transported for articulated trucks.
|
| Vaccine |
242296.0 |
(Cows+Calves_weaned)*Vaccine_vol |
Vaccine administered for clostridial and reproductive diseases (ml).
|
| F_Macquarie_Castlereagh_NSW |
0.003174283 |
— |
Fraction of Macquarie-Castlereagh, NSW, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| Calves_weaned |
53388.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Number calves weaned using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| C_imported |
— |
Dry_mix*CC_Dry_mix+Wet_mix*CC_Wet_mix+Hay*CC_Hay+Copra*CC_Copra+Molasses*CC_Molasses+Cottonseed*CC_Cottonseed+Protein_Pellets*CC_Protein_Pellets+Wheat*CC_Wheat |
kg of biogenic carbon in imported feed
|
| All_PrimeCattle |
0.7181855682409207 |
All_PrimeCattle_Eco*EconomicAll+All_PrimeCattle_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled breeding cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| All_Culledbreeders |
0.11464556846457256 |
All_CulledBreeders_Eco*EconomicAll+All_CulledBreeders_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total protein pellets fed (kg)
|
| Oats_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage oats planted and grazed (ha)
|
| CC_Oats_graz |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of oats as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| N_LeachGW |
527971.4906 |
TotN_LeachGW-(TotN_LeachGW*EFN_Leach) |
N leached to ground water adjusted for N loss from N2O (kg).
|
| AF_Cottonseed |
— |
— |
Acid factor for cottonseed (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| Fuel_use |
1630489.5166860002 |
Fuel*ProductTotal |
Fuel used
|
| Elec_use |
946086.509682 |
Elec*ProductTotal |
Electricity used
|
| KM_Wheat |
— |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for wheat (km)
|
| Water |
898252020.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total drinking water intake (L/year)
|
| DU_N2O |
27186.4 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) kg N2O from dung and urine. Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| CC_Silage |
0.2 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of silage as delivered assuming moisture content of 55%
|
| KM_Copra |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for copra (km)
|
| F_Namoi_NSW |
0.000288299 |
— |
Fraction of Namoi, NSW, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| CC_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of wet season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| KG_PrimeCattle |
12599527.92 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Quantity of Prime cattle sold (kg live weight) ? e.g. steers/bullocks, heifers (2 and 3 year old), calculated using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| MAN_CH4 |
1856.279919 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) kg Manure methane. Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| HA_GRAZING |
217107.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Hectares grazing land by Livestock Region (based on SA2 Level data from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| Anthelmintics |
242296.0 |
Cows*2+Calves_weaned*2 |
Number of doses of anthelmintic adimistered for internal parasites
|
| Evap_water_loss |
10260.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Evaporative water loss from farm dams (ML). Potential evaporation from long-term annual Australian 5 km potential evaporation surface (Penman, 1981-2010; Donohue et al, 2013). Dam surface area from regional-scale surface hydrology polygons, Geoscience Australia (Crossman and Li 2015).
|
| Hay |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total hay fed (kg)
|
| CC_Cottonseed |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of cottonseed as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| ATMOS_N2O |
11554.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) kg N2O from N deposited from atmosphere. Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| Lime_purity |
0.9 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) - fractional purity of limestone NIR 2023 (DCCEEW 2025).
|
| LEACH_N2O |
6270.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) kg N2O from leached N. Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| Cattle |
103534.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total number of livestock carried for the year using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| Ent_CH4 |
6735018.506049999 |
DMI*EF_Ent |
enteric methane (kg) based on DMI and emission factor. From (Department of the Environment 2015)
|
| AF_Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
Acid factor for protein pellets (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| BiogenicCO2 |
— |
SOC_change*3.667*HA_GRAZING*0 |
Total SOC change in units of CO2-eq
|
| AF_Dry_mix |
0.012 |
— |
Acid factor for urea (kMol/kg) assuming 30% urea in dry season mix, based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| ID_tags |
1334700.0 |
Calves_weaned*ID_tag |
Weight of ID tags total (g)
|
| CC_Wheat |
0.36 |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of wheat as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| Sorghum_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage sorghum planed and grazed (ha)
|
| ProductTotal |
20129500.206 |
KG_PrimeCattle+KG_CulledBreeders+kg_Weaners |
Total production of cattle from this process (kg live weight)
|
| Tot_P_fert |
4950039.600000001 |
P_fert*HA_Grazing*PR_fert |
Total fertiliser applied as single superphosphate
|
| Cottonseed |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total cottonseed fed (kg)
|
| Vaccine_vol |
2.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Volume of individual vaccine (ml)
|
| KG_Weaners |
2932736.125 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Quantity of Weaners sold (kg live weight) - both sexes < 1 year old, calculated using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| P_PrimeCattle |
1.73 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Average price for Prime cattle ($/kg live weight sold) using Gross Margins from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014).
|
| Wet_mix |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total wet season lick (kg)
|
| C_added |
925957.009476 |
C_cattle-C_imported |
Net carbon added by this process, from pasture into cattle less carbon output from cattle via respiration and manure. Assumes soil carbon is stable thorugh the process.
|
| Cows |
67760.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Number of cows and heifers mated using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Mass |
0.625923534666025 |
kg_PrimeCattle/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Prime cattle
|
| Molasses |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total molasses fed (kg)
|
| AF_Wheat |
— |
— |
Acid factor for wheat (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| CC_cattle |
0.046 |
— |
Carbon content 0.152 of cattle as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| SOC_change |
— |
— |
Change in SOC t C/ha/year in 0-30cm layer
|
| CC_Dry_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of dry season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| KM_Protein_pellets |
600.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for protein_pellets (km)
|
| PR_fert |
0.2 |
— |
Proportion of grazed area fertilsed with single superphosphate
|
| All_Weaners_Mass |
0.14569343972712445 |
kg_Weaners/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| AF_Hay |
-0.7 |
— |
Acid factor for hay (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| F_South_East_Coast_NSW_VIC_and_SA |
0.996537417 |
— |
Fraction of South East Coast, NSW, VIC and SA, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| All_CulledBreeders_Eco |
0.11464556846457256 |
(KG_CulledBreeders*P_CulledBreeders)/(P_PrimeCattle*KG_PrimeCattle+P_CulledBreeders*KG_CulledBreeders+KG_Weaners*P_weaners) |
Economic allocation fraction for Culled cattle - default for AusLCI
|
| CC_Copra |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.5 of copra as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| Dry_mix |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total dry season lick (kg)
|
| KM_Lick |
— |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for dry and wet season lick (km)
|
| NAAR_Cattle |
6844.03007004 |
producttotal*af_cattle/1000 |
Change in soil acidity (H ion eq) from export of cattle product
|
| P_fert |
114.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Fertiliser applied as single superphosphate 8.8% P (kg/ha/year). Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014).
|
| TotN_LeachGW |
531988.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) total N leached to ground water (kg). Calculated using FarmGAS (Australian Farm Institute 2010) based on methodologies in National Inventory Report (Department of the Environment 2015) using herd structure from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014) with total livestock numbers from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| NAAR_Inputs |
— |
(Dry_mix*AF_Dry_mix+Wet_mix*AF_Wet_mix+Hay*AF_Hay+Copra*AF_Copra+Molasses*AF_Molasses+Cottonseed*AF_Cottonseed+Protein_Pellets*AF_Protein_Pellets+Wheat*AF_Wheat)/1000 |
Net change in soil acidity (H ion eq) from imported products (feeds, fertilizer)
|
| KM_Cottonseed |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for cottonseed (km)
|
| CC_Protein_Pellets |
0.405 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of protein_pellets as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| All_CulledBreeders_Mass |
0.2283830256068505 |
kg_CulledBreeders/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| C_cattle |
925957.009476 |
CC_cattle*ProductTotal |
kg of biogenic carbon in cattle leaving the system as products
|
| EF_Ent |
0.0215 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Enteric Methane emission factor in kg methane per kg of DMI. From (Department of the Environment 2015)
|
| Wheat |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total wheat fed (kg)
|
| Elec |
0.047 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Electricity (kWh/kg LW cattle sold) calculated from economic data reported in farm survey data from ABARES (http://apps.daff.gov.au/MLA/).
|
| Copra |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total copra meal fed (kg)
|
| Silage |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total weight of silage grown and fed (kg)
|
| AF_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Acid factor for urea (kMol/kg) assuming 30% urea in wet season mix, based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| P_Weaners |
1.73 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Average price for Weaners ($/kg live weight sold) using Gross Margins from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014).
|
| EFN_Leach |
0.00755 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Emissions factor for proportion of N leached released as N2O.
|
| P_CulledBreeders |
0.756875 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Average price for Culled breeders ($/kg live weight sold) using Gross Margins from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014).
|
| AF_Molasses |
— |
— |
Acid factor for molasses (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| All_Weaners |
0.16716886329450675 |
All_Weaners_Eco*EconomicAll+All_Weaners_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation being used by the inventory after applicaion of economic/mass allocation switch.
|
| ID_tag |
25.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Weight of plastic ID tag individual (g)
|
| KM_Molasses |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for molasses (km)
|
| CC_Molasses |
0.347 |
— |
Carbon content 0.42 of molasses as delivered assuming moisture content of 17.5%
|
| Fuel |
0.081 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Fuel (L diesel/kg LW of cattle sold) calculated from economic data reported in farm survey data from ABARES (http://apps.daff.gov.au/MLA/).
|
| CC_Sorghum_graz |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of forage sorghum as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| AF_Copra |
— |
— |
Acid factor for copra (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Eco |
0.7181855682409207 |
(P_PrimeCattle*KG_PrimeCattle)/(P_PrimeCattle*KG_PrimeCattle+P_CulledBreeders*KG_CulledBreeders+KG_Weaners*P_weaners) |
Economic allocation fraction for Prime cattle - default for AusLCI
|
| AF_Cattle |
0.34 |
— |
Acid factor for red meat (kMol/kg) based on (Slattery et al.).
|
