| AF_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Acid factor for urea (kMol/kg) assuming 30% urea in wet season mix, based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| CC_Wheat |
0.36 |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of wheat as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| MAN_CH4 |
55197.08708 |
— |
(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).
|
| CC_Copra |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.5 of copra as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| BiogenicCO2 |
— |
SOC_change*3.667*HA_GRAZING*0 |
Total SOC change in units of CO2-eq
|
| Vaccine_vol |
2.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Volume of individual vaccine (ml)
|
| CC_Silage |
0.2 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of silage as delivered assuming moisture content of 55%
|
| KM_Protein_pellets |
600.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for protein_pellets (km)
|
| ATMOS_N2O |
63139.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| 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%
|
| F_Gulf_of_Carpentaria_NT_and_QLD |
0.239439602 |
— |
Fraction of Gulf of Carpentaria, NT and QLD, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| KM_Hay |
100.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for hay (km)
|
| Oats_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage oats planted and grazed (ha)
|
| F_Timor_Sea_NT_and_WA |
0.716390637 |
— |
Fraction of Timor Sea, NT and WA, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| Cottonseed |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total cottonseed fed (kg)
|
| CC_Cottonseed |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of cottonseed as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| KM_Copra |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for copra (km)
|
| Water |
11973533047.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total drinking water intake (L/year)
|
| KM_Lick |
2321.933737 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for dry and wet season lick (km)
|
| CC_Oats_graz |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of oats as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total protein pellets fed (kg)
|
| All_Culledbreeders |
0.24158503168585713 |
All_CulledBreeders_Eco*EconomicAll+All_CulledBreeders_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| Tot_P_fert |
— |
P_fert*HA_Grazing*PR_fert |
Total fertiliser applied as single superphosphate
|
| Cattle |
888998.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| KM_Wheat |
— |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for wheat (km)
|
| EFN_Leach |
0.0075 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Emissions factor for proportion of N leached released as N2O.
|
| CC_Hay |
0.4 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of hay as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| DU_N2O |
148561.9 |
— |
(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).
|
| ID_tags |
6521250.0 |
Calves_weaned*ID_tag |
Weight of ID tags total (g)
|
| Copra |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total copra meal fed (kg)
|
| Anthelmintics |
260850.0 |
Cows*0+Calves_weaned |
Number of doses of anthelmintic adimistered for internal parasites
|
| F_North_Western_Plateau_WA_and_NT |
0.044169761 |
— |
Fraction of North Western Plateau, WA and NT, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| P_fert |
— |
— |
(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).
|
| C_added |
2034138.1673599996 |
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.
|
| LEACH_N2O |
— |
— |
(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).
|
| EconomicAll |
1.0 |
— |
By default this is set to 1 for economic allocation of different cattle classes. For mass allocation set to 0.
|
| CC_Dry_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of dry season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| KM_Cottonseed |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for cottonseed (km)
|
| AF_Dry_mix |
0.012 |
— |
Acid factor for urea (kMol/kg) assuming 30% urea in dry season mix, based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| All_CulledBreeders_Mass |
0.3233225975427288 |
kg_CulledBreeders/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| All_Weaners |
— |
All_Weaners_Eco*EconomicAll+All_Weaners_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation being used by the inventory after applicaion of economic/mass allocation switch.
|
| ProductTotal |
78244360.16 |
KG_PrimeCattle+KG_CulledBreeders+kg_Weaners |
Total production of cattle from this process (kg live weight)
|
| Wet_mix |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total wet season lick (kg)
|
| AF_Molasses |
— |
— |
Acid factor for molasses (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| Wheat |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total wheat fed (kg)
|
| AF_Hay |
-0.7 |
— |
Acid factor for hay (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| NAAR_Cattle |
26603.0824544 |
producttotal*af_cattle/1000 |
Change in soil acidity (H ion eq) from export of cattle product
|
| P_CulledBreeders |
0.7125 |
— |
(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).
|
| Calves_weaned |
260850.0 |
— |
(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_cattle |
3599240.5673599998 |
CC_cattle*ProductTotal |
kg of biogenic carbon in cattle leaving the system as products
|
| Cows |
465873.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| KG_PrimeCattle |
52946190.39 |
— |
(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).
|
| CC_cattle |
0.046 |
— |
Carbon content 0.152 of cattle as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| All_Weaners_Eco |
— |
(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
|
| AF_Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
Acid factor for protein pellets (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| DMI |
2153215877.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| NAAR_Inputs |
-2546.8827959999994 |
(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)
|
| All_PrimeCattle |
0.758414968314143 |
All_PrimeCattle_Eco*EconomicAll+All_PrimeCattle_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled breeding cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| KG_Weaners |
— |
— |
(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).
|
| All_CulledBreeders_Eco |
0.24158503168585713 |
(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
|
| Sorghum_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage sorghum planed and grazed (ha)
|
| Lime_purity |
0.9 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) - fractional purity of limestone NIR 2023 (DCCEEW 2025).
|
| TotalTkmRoad |
37551194.30976098 |
(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.
|
| Elec_use |
3677484.92752 |
Elec*ProductTotal |
Electricity used
|
| TotN_LeachGW |
— |
— |
(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).
|
| P_PrimeCattle |
1.06875 |
— |
(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).
|
| Hay |
3912756.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total hay 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/).
|
| 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).
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Mass |
0.6766774024572713 |
kg_PrimeCattle/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Prime cattle
|
| Dry_mix |
16003867.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total dry season lick (kg)
|
| P_Weaners |
1.8 |
— |
(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).
|
| ID_tag |
25.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Weight of plastic ID tag individual (g)
|
| All_Weaners_Mass |
— |
kg_Weaners/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| Evap_water_loss |
221186.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| CC_Protein_Pellets |
0.405 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of protein_pellets as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| AF_Copra |
— |
— |
Acid factor for copra (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| Ent_CH4 |
46294141.3555 |
DMI*EF_Ent |
enteric methane (kg) based on DMI and emission factor. From (Department of the Environment 2015)
|
| PR_fert |
— |
— |
Proportion of grazed area fertilsed with single superphosphate
|
| Fuel_use |
6337793.17296 |
Fuel*ProductTotal |
Fuel used
|
| N_LeachGW |
— |
TotN_LeachGW-(TotN_LeachGW*EFN_Leach) |
N leached to ground water adjusted for N loss from N2O (kg).
|
| SOC_change |
— |
— |
Change in SOC t C/ha/year in 0-30cm layer
|
| AF_Cattle |
0.34 |
— |
Acid factor for red meat (kMol/kg) based on (Slattery et al.).
|
| AF_Cottonseed |
— |
— |
Acid factor for cottonseed (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| HA_GRAZING |
13236447.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| 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)
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Eco |
0.758414968314143 |
(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
|
| CC_Molasses |
0.347 |
— |
Carbon content 0.42 of molasses as delivered assuming moisture content of 17.5%
|
| CC_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of wet season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| Vaccine |
1453446.0 |
(Cows+Calves_weaned)*Vaccine_vol |
Vaccine administered for clostridial and reproductive diseases (ml).
|
| KG_CulledBreeders |
25298169.77 |
— |
(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_Molasses |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for molasses (km)
|
| Silage |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total weight of silage grown and fed (kg)
|
| C_imported |
1565102.4000000001 |
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
|
