Chicken for slaughtering, live weight {AU}| market for chicken for slaughtering, live weight | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

This dataset represent the delivery of live chicken to processing. 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. Documentation for this dataset can be found in the 'LCAgMetrics Methodology for developing Life Cycle Inventory' report, available at https://agrifutures.com.au/ Activities included: delivery of live weight chicken for processing. The activity ends at the delivery of the chicken to the abattoir. Production volume: 2415599 tonnes/year Reference flow: 1 kilogram of retail cuts Energy value: Undefined Nutritional value: Undefined Geography: Australia Technology level: Current Time period: 2020-2025 Record: Paul-Antoine Bontinck; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU Generator: Paul-Antoine Bontinck; Tel: +61(0)3 9417 1190; email: office@lifecycles.com.au; company: Life Cycle Strategies; Country: AU

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Last updated
31 Jul 2025
Reference ID
81f45170-1c31-3faa-964c-b5c64b1500d6

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Quantitative reference
Chicken for slaughtering, live weight {AU}| market for chicken for slaughtering, live weight | AusLCI, U
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Creation date
31 Jul 2025
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No
Is infrastructure process
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Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Chicken for slaughtering, live weight {AU}| market for chicken for slaughtering, live weight | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg Carbon content, fossil: 0.0 kg C/kg dry mass. Carbon content, non-fossil: 0.192 kg C/kg dry mass. Dry mass: 0.3 kg/kg wet mass. Wet mass: 1 kg/kg wet mass.

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Chicken for slaughtering, live weight, conventional rearing system {AU}| meat chicken production | AusLCI, U 1.0 kg —
Transport, truck, 28t, fleet average {AU}| | AusLCI, U 0.2 t*km —

Parameters

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road 200.0 — [km] Assumption