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

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This dataset represents the production of all cereal silage 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: 59949 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 silage {AU-QLD}| market for cereal silage | 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.
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17 Jun 2025
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Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cereal silage {AU-QLD}| market for cereal silage | AusLCI, U 59949.0 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 silage, dryland, Dawson {AU-QLD}| cereal silage production | AusLCI, U 33215.0 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 silage, dryland, WB Burnett {AU-QLD}| cereal silage production | AusLCI, U 26734.0 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 0.0 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 16638230.180000002 t*km (2,2,3,1,na,na) Total road transport from farm gate to market in the state

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
ProdAER38_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER23weighted_QLD — (ProdAER23_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER23_QLD —
ProdAER27_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER27_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
DistAER15weighted_QLD — (ProdAER15_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER15_QLD —
AER19_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER23_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER10_tot 71243.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER43_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER25_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
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.
AER21_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER17_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER22_QLD — AER22_QLD*ProdAER22_tot —
ProdAER6_tot 10741.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER36_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER13weighted_QLD — (ProdAER13_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER13_QLD —
ProdAER33_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER25weighted_QLD — (ProdAER25_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER25_QLD —
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.
ProdAER25_QLD — AER25_QLD*ProdAER25_tot —
ProdAER18_QLD — AER18_QLD*ProdAER18_tot —
ProdAER13_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistTotalweighted1 106.90210812523978 DistAER13weighted_QLD+DistAER15weighted_QLD+DistAER16weighted_QLD+DistAER17weighted_QLD+DistAER18weighted_QLD+DistAER19weighted_QLD —
ProdAER40_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER21_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
Road_QLD 277.5397451166825 DistTotalweighted_QLD*min(1; max(0; (300-DistTotalweighted_QLD)/0.001)) —
ProdAER13_QLD — AER13_QLD*ProdAER13_tot —
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.
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.
ProdAER45_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER15_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER22_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
DistAER16weighted_QLD — (ProdAER16_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER16_QLD —
DistAER19weighted_QLD 106.90210812523978 (ProdAER19_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER19_QLD —
ProdAER42_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER35_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER19_tot 26734.0 — (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.
ProdAER8_tot 216065.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER24_QLD — AER24_QLD*ProdAER24_tot —
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.
ProdAER16_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER27_QLD — AER27_QLD*ProdAER27_tot —
ProdAER16_QLD — AER16_QLD*ProdAER16_tot —
AER13_QLD 0.1 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
Disttotalweighted2 170.63763699144275 DistAER20weighted_QLD+DistAER21weighted_QLD+DistAER22weighted_QLD+DistAER23weighted_QLD+DistAER24weighted_QLD+DistAER25weighted_QLD+DistAER27weighted_QLD+DistAER40weighted_QLD+DistAER43weighted_QLD —
AER40_QLD 0.73 — (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 —
Rail_QLD — DistTotalweighted_QLD*min(1; max(0; (DistTotalweighted_QLD - 300)/0.001)) —
ProdAER18_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER43_QLD 0.62 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
AER25_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
DistAER20weighted_QLD 170.63763699144275 (ProdAER20_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER20_QLD —
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.
DistAER21weighted_QLD — (ProdAER21_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER21_QLD —
AER20_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
ProdAER39_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER22_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER5_tot — — (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.
ProdAER37_tot — — (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.
DistAER17weighted_QLD — (ProdAER17_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER17_QLD —
ProdTotal_QLD 59949.0 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 —
DistAER22weighted_QLD — (ProdAER22_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER22_QLD —
ProdAER41_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
AER24_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
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.
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.
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.
ProdAER20_tot 33215.0 — (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.
DistAER18weighted_QLD — (ProdAER18_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER18_QLD —
DistAER27weighted_QLD — (ProdAER27_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER27_QLD —
DistAER40weighted_QLD — (ProdAER40_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER40_QLD —
AER18_QLD 1.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
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.
AER15_QLD 0.31 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Part of AER that is located in current state based on surface area.
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.
ProdAER19_QLD 26734.0 AER19_QLD*ProdAER19_tot —
ProdAER14_tot — — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER7_tot 154316.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER21_QLD — AER21_QLD*ProdAER21_tot —
ProdAER40_QLD — AER40_QLD*ProdAER40_tot —
ProdAER12_tot — — (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).
ProdAER23_QLD — AER23_QLD*ProdAER23_tot —
ProdAER15_QLD — AER15_QLD*ProdAER15_tot —
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.
ProdAER17_QLD — AER17_QLD*ProdAER17_tot —
ProdAER20_QLD 33215.0 AER20_QLD*ProdAER20_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.
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.
Disttotalweighted_QLD 277.5397451166825 DistTotalweighted1+DistTotalweighted2 —
DistAER24weighted_QLD — (ProdAER24_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER24_QLD —
ProdAER3_tot 24466.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
ProdAER9_tot 44002.0 — (2,1,3,1,na,na) Total production of crop in AER (ton/year).
DistAER43weighted_QLD — (ProdAER43_QLD/ProdTotal_QLD)*DistAER43_QLD —