Cereal hay {AU-QLD}| market for cereal hay | AusLCI, U

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This dataset represents the production of all cereal hay in Queensland at market. Documentation for this dataset can be found in the 'LCAgMetrics Methodology for developing Life Cycle Inventory' report, available at https://agrifutures.com.au/. It was developed as part of the LCAgMetrics project, a partnership between Agrifutures Australia and Lifecycles, funded by the Australian Government's Sustainability Reporting Uplift Grant as part of the National Agriculture Traceability Grants Program. Production volume: 91924 ton/yr. This activity starts after harvest, activities included are: Transportation of crop to urban centre. HHV: 17.8 MJ/kg. Record: Roos Visser; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU Generator: Roos Visser; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU

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17 Jun 2025
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Quantitative reference
Cereal hay {AU-QLD}| market for cereal hay | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Calculations on transport effort was based on ABS data for crop production volumes and geographical online maps for distances. Data represnting typical practices for storage, including drying and aerating was derived from first principles and verified by expert knowledge.
Creation date
17 Jun 2025
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Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cereal hay {AU-QLD}| market for cereal hay | AusLCI, U 92088.91 t Carbon content, fossil: 0.0 kg C/kg dry mass. Carbon content, non-fossil: 0.4 kg C/kg dry mass. Dry mass: 0.88 kg/kg wet mass. Wet mass: 1 kg/kg wet mass. Heating value, gross: 17.8 MJ/kg

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cereal hay, dryland, Brisbane {AU-QLD}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 8449.65 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, Darling D {AU-QLD}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 26462.0 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, Dawson {AU-QLD}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 14947.0 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, Granite Belt {AU-NSW}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 3588.9 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, Maranoa {AU-QLD}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 13230.52 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, W Downs {AU-NSW}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 13380.84 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Cereal hay, dryland, WB Burnett {AU-QLD}| cereal hay production | AusLCI, U 12030.0 t (2,2,3,1,na,na) Quantity of products coming from the AER (total procution in AER multiplied by the fraction of the AER in the state)
Transport, freight, rail {AU}| | AusLCI, U 30124212.8235 t*km (2,2,3,1,na,na) Total rail transport from farm gate to market in the state
Transport, truck, 60t load {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.0 t*km (2,2,3,1,na,na) Total road transport from farm gate to market in the state

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
ProdAER8_tot 97229.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER7_tot 69442.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER27_QLD — AER27_QLD*ProdAER27_tot —
ProdAER21_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER24weighted_QLD — (ProdAER24_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER24_QLD —
ProdAER20_tot 14947.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER16weighted_QLD 5.030945740371994 (ProdAER16_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER16_QLD —
ProdAER13_tot 35889.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER18_QLD — AER18_QLD*ProdAER18_tot —
DistAER21_QLD 165.02 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
DistAER19weighted_QLD 31.31573172057308 (ProdAER19_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER19_QLD —
AER20_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER17_tot 26462.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER19_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER43_QLD — AER43_QLD*ProdAER43_tot —
DistAER43weighted_QLD — (ProdAER43_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER43_QLD —
ProdAER16_QLD 8449.65 AER16_QLD*ProdAER16_tot —
ProdAER37_tot 100344.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER18_QLD 200.83 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
DistAER40_QLD 806.77 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER15_QLD 13380.84 AER15_QLD*ProdAER15_tot —
AER43_QLD 0.62 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER14_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER18_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER25_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
Rail_QLD 327.1209619431916 DistTotalweighted_QLD*min(1; max(0; (DistTotalweighted_QLD - 300)/0.001)) —
DistAER20_QLD 307.98 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER10_tot 32059.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER15_QLD 354.44 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER36_tot 64514.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER40_QLD 0.73 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER40_tot 18124.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER12_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER45_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER17_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
AER27_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER27_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER40weighted_QLD 115.9095771727562 (ProdAER40_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER40_QLD —
ProdAER40_QLD 13230.52 AER40_QLD*ProdAER40_tot —
ProdAER43_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER23_QLD — AER23_QLD*ProdAER23_tot —
AER25_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER20_QLD 14947.0 AER20_QLD*ProdAER20_tot —
ProdAER39_tot 14849.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER24_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER22weighted_QLD — (ProdAER22_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER22_QLD —
AER15_QLD 0.31 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER24_QLD — AER24_QLD*ProdAER24_tot —
DistAER23_QLD 486.25 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER41_tot 88793.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER16_tot 8535.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER23_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER42_tot 70900.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER9_tot 19801.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
Road_QLD — DistTotalweighted_QLD*min(1; max(0; (300-DistTotalweighted_QLD)/0.001)) —
ProdAER23_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER19_QLD 239.72 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
DistAER18weighted_QLD — (ProdAER18_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER18_QLD —
DistAER27_QLD 1173.61 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER38_tot 75913.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER15_tot 43164.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER13_QLD 280.76 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER13_QLD 3588.9 AER13_QLD*ProdAER13_tot —
ProdAER18_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER16_QLD 54.83 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
Disttotalweighted2 165.89797490707622 DistAER20weighted_QLD+DistAER21weighted_QLD+DistAER22weighted_QLD+DistAER23weighted_QLD+DistAER24weighted_QLD+DistAER25weighted_QLD+DistAER27weighted_QLD+DistAER40weighted_QLD+DistAER43weighted_QLD —
DistAER25weighted_QLD — (ProdAER25_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER25_QLD —
DistAER43_QLD 1228.92 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER35_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER17weighted_QLD 62.433128375610046 (ProdAER17_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER17_QLD —
DistAER21weighted_QLD — (ProdAER21_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER21_QLD —
DistAER22_QLD 359.84 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER22_QLD — AER22_QLD*ProdAER22_tot —
DistAER15weighted_QLD 51.50136894442556 (ProdAER15_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER15_QLD —
AER13_QLD 0.1 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER21_QLD — AER21_QLD*ProdAER21_tot —
AER24_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
Disttotalweighted_QLD 327.1209619431916 DistTotalweighted1+DistTotalweighted2 —
ProdAER25_QLD — AER25_QLD*ProdAER25_tot —
DistAER20weighted_QLD 49.98839773432002 (ProdAER20_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER20_QLD —
AER22_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER19_QLD 12030.0 AER19_QLD*ProdAER19_tot —
DistAER17_QLD 217.27 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
DistTotalweighted1 161.2229870361154 DistAER13weighted_QLD+DistAER15weighted_QLD+DistAER16weighted_QLD+DistAER17weighted_QLD+DistAER18weighted_QLD+DistAER19weighted_QLD —
DistAER24_QLD 669.0 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.
ProdAER22_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER16_QLD 0.99 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER33_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER19_tot 12030.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER21_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
DistAER27weighted_QLD — (ProdAER27_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER27_QLD —
DistAER13weighted_QLD 10.941812255134739 (ProdAER13_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER13_QLD —
DistAER23weighted_QLD — (ProdAER23_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER23_QLD —
ProdAER5_tot 3339.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER17_QLD 26462.0 AER17_QLD*ProdAER17_tot —
ProdAER3_tot 6416.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER6_tot 4833.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdTotal_QLD 92088.91 ProdAER13_QLD+ProdAER15_QLD+ProdAER16_QLD+ProdAER17_QLD+ProdAER18_QLD+ProdAER19_QLD+ProdAER20_QLD+ProdAER21_QLD+ProdAER22_QLD+ProdAER23_QLD+ProdAER24_QLD+ProdAER25_QLD+ProdAER27_QLD+ProdAER40_QLD+ProdAER43_QLD —
DistAER25_QLD 676.0 — (2,2,3,1,na,na) Distance from centroid to port (km). Centroid refers to middle point of part of AER located in current state.