| AF_Copra |
— |
— |
Acid factor for copra (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| KM_Molasses |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for molasses (km)
|
| Cattle |
65331.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| 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/).
|
| Water |
543011680.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total drinking water intake (L/year)
|
| Fuel_use |
1134511.4811419998 |
Fuel*ProductTotal |
Fuel used
|
| Cottonseed |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total cottonseed fed (kg)
|
| AF_Cottonseed |
— |
— |
Acid factor for cottonseed (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| ATMOS_N2O |
433.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| NAAR_Cattle |
4762.14695788 |
producttotal*af_cattle/1000 |
Change in soil acidity (H ion eq) from export of cattle product
|
| AF_Wheat |
— |
— |
Acid factor for wheat (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| CC_Silage |
0.2 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of silage as delivered assuming moisture content of 55%
|
| KG_PrimeCattle |
9577187.302 |
— |
(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).
|
| KM_Hay |
100.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for hay (km)
|
| AF_Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
Acid factor for protein pellets (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| MAN_CH4 |
1184.070876 |
— |
(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).
|
| 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).
|
| P_CulledBreeders |
0.756875 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Average price for Culled breeders ($/kg live weight sold) using Gross Margins from Breedcow Beef CRC templates (Holmes et al. 2011), Gross Margin publications (Department of Primary Industries Parks Water and Environment 2015; New South Wales Department of Primary Industries 2016; Rural Solutions SA PIRSA 2015) and farm bench-marking programs (Department of Primary Industries 2014).
|
| EconomicAll |
1.0 |
— |
By default this is set to 1 for economic allocation of different cattle classes. For mass allocation set to 0.
|
| Hay |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total hay fed (kg)
|
| All_Culledbreeders |
0.10334849523004898 |
All_CulledBreeders_Eco*EconomicAll+All_CulledBreeders_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| Ent_CH4 |
4292867.89315 |
DMI*EF_Ent |
enteric methane (kg) based on DMI and emission factor. From (Department of the Environment 2015)
|
| HA_GRAZING |
1084297.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Hectares grazing land by Livestock Region (based on SA2 Level data from Agricultural Commodities data for five years from 2010/11-2014/15 (Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016).
|
| P_Weaners |
1.73 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Average price for Weaners ($/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).
|
| AF_Cattle |
0.34 |
— |
Acid factor for red meat (kMol/kg) based on (Slattery et al.).
|
| CC_Oats_graz |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of oats as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| CC_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of wet season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| All_Weaners |
0.1220172013313922 |
All_Weaners_Eco*EconomicAll+All_Weaners_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation being used by the inventory after applicaion of economic/mass allocation switch.
|
| Elec_use |
658296.7853539999 |
Elec*ProductTotal |
Electricity used
|
| Copra |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total copra meal fed (kg)
|
| 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).
|
| F_Goulburn_Broken_VIC |
0.00000139 |
— |
Fraction of Goulburn-Broken, VIC, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| N_LeachGW |
— |
TotN_LeachGW-(TotN_LeachGW*EFN_Leach) |
N leached to ground water adjusted for N loss from N2O (kg).
|
| Cows |
40046.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| ProductTotal |
14006314.581999999 |
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)
|
| KM_Protein_pellets |
600.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for protein_pellets (km)
|
| CC_Hay |
0.4 |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of hay as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| SOC_change |
— |
— |
Change in SOC t C/ha/year in 0-30cm layer
|
| All_CulledBreeders_Eco |
0.10334849523004898 |
(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
|
| AF_Wet_mix |
— |
— |
Acid factor for urea (kMol/kg) assuming 30% urea in wet season mix, based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| 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)
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Eco |
0.7746343034385588 |
(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
|
| F_Lachlan_NSW |
0.116783723 |
— |
Fraction of Lachlan, NSW, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| KG_CulledBreeders |
2920568.227 |
— |
(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).
|
| Calves_weaned |
28893.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| BiogenicCO2 |
— |
SOC_change*3.667*HA_GRAZING*0 |
Total SOC change in units of CO2-eq
|
| ID_tags |
722325.0 |
Calves_weaned*ID_tag |
Weight of ID tags total (g)
|
| KM_Wheat |
— |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for wheat (km)
|
| Silage |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total weight of silage grown and fed (kg)
|
| KG_Weaners |
1508559.053 |
— |
(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).
|
| C_cattle |
644290.4707719999 |
CC_cattle*ProductTotal |
kg of biogenic carbon in cattle leaving the system as products
|
| Evap_water_loss |
15982.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| F_Murrumbidgee_NSW |
0.23032721 |
— |
Fraction of Murrumbidgee, NSW, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| CC_Molasses |
0.347 |
— |
Carbon content 0.42 of molasses as delivered assuming moisture content of 17.5%
|
| All_Weaners_Eco |
0.1220172013313922 |
(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
|
| Molasses |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total molasses fed (kg)
|
| Lime_purity |
0.9 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) - fractional purity of limestone NIR 2023 (DCCEEW 2025).
|
| KM_Cottonseed |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for cottonseed (km)
|
| 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.
|
| 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
|
| KM_Lick |
— |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for dry and wet season lick (km)
|
| 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/).
|
| Dry_mix |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total dry season lick (kg)
|
| Sorghum_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage sorghum planed and grazed (ha)
|
| Vaccine |
137878.0 |
(Cows+Calves_weaned)*Vaccine_vol |
Vaccine administered for clostridial and reproductive diseases (ml).
|
| Vaccine_vol |
2.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Volume of individual vaccine (ml)
|
| Tot_P_fert |
12360985.8 |
P_fert*HA_Grazing*PR_fert |
Total fertiliser applied as single superphosphate
|
| EFN_Leach |
0.0075 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Emissions factor for proportion of N leached released as N2O.
|
| CC_Copra |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.5 of copra as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| Oats_graz |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total area of forage oats planted and grazed (ha)
|
| AF_Hay |
-0.7 |
— |
Acid factor for hay (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| All_PrimeCattle_Mass |
0.6837763957056895 |
kg_PrimeCattle/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Prime cattle
|
| Anthelmintics |
68939.0 |
Cows*1+Calves_weaned |
Number of doses of anthelmintic adimistered for internal parasites
|
| 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)
|
| All_Weaners_Mass |
0.10770563835105501 |
kg_Weaners/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| F_Loddon_Avoca_VIC |
0.0000119 |
— |
Fraction of Loddon-Avoca, VIC, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| F_Murray_NSW_VIC_and_SA |
0.652869147 |
— |
Fraction of Murray, NSW, VIC and SA, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| Protein_Pellets |
— |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Total protein pellets fed (kg)
|
| 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).
|
| C_added |
644290.4707719999 |
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.
|
| KM_Copra |
400.0 |
— |
(3,1,1,1,1,na) Estimate of transport distance for copra (km)
|
| CC_Dry_mix |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.0 of dry season mix as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| P_fert |
57.0 |
— |
(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).
|
| F_Campaspe_VIC |
0.00000667 |
— |
Fraction of Campaspe, VIC, AU catchment in livestock region.
|
| ID_tag |
25.0 |
— |
(2,1,1,1,1,na) Weight of plastic ID tag individual (g)
|
| DU_N2O |
17302.4 |
— |
(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_cattle |
0.046 |
— |
Carbon content 0.152 of cattle as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| CC_Sorghum_graz |
— |
— |
Carbon content 0.44 of forage sorghum as delivered assuming moisture content of 70%
|
| DMI |
199668274.1 |
— |
(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).
|
| CC_Wheat |
0.36 |
— |
Carbon content 0.40 of wheat as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| PR_fert |
0.2 |
— |
Proportion of grazed area fertilsed with single superphosphate
|
| AF_Molasses |
— |
— |
Acid factor for molasses (kMol/kg) based on (Baldock et al. 2009).
|
| 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 |
0.20851796594325558 |
kg_CulledBreeders/ProductTotal |
Mass allocation fraction for Culled cattle
|
| All_PrimeCattle |
0.7746343034385588 |
All_PrimeCattle_Eco*EconomicAll+All_PrimeCattle_Mass*(1-EconomicAll) |
Allocation fraction for culled breeding cattle based on ecnomic allocation of beef - default for AusLCI
|
| CC_Cottonseed |
0.45 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of cottonseed as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
| CC_Protein_Pellets |
0.405 |
— |
Carbon content 0.50 of protein_pellets as delivered assuming moisture content of 10%
|
