Environmental impacts of combined milk and meat production in Norway according to a life cycle assessment with expanded system boundaries

Livestock Science

Volumn 155, Issue 2-3, 2013, Pages 384-396

  Roer, Anne Grete ^a   Johansen, Astrid ^b   Bakken, Anne Kjersti ^b   Daugstad, Kristin ^b   Fystro, Gustav ^b   Strømman, Anders Hammer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Environmental impact assessment; LCA; Norwegian milk and beef production; System boundaries

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880038202     PISSN: 18711413     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.livsci.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Bartl K., Gómez C.A., Nemecek T. Life cycle assessment of milk produced in two smallholder dairy systems in the highlands and the coast of Peru. J. Clean. Prod. 2011, 19:1494-1505.
2. Beauchemin K.A., Janzen H.H., Little S.M., McAllister T.A., McGinn S.M. Life cycle assessment of greenhouse gas emissions from beef production in western Canada: a case study. Agric. Syst. 2010, 103:371-379.
3. Bechmann M., Greipsland I., Riley H., Eggestad H.O. Nitrogen losses from agricultural areas. A fraction of applied fertilizer and manure (FracLEACH). Bioforsk Rep. 2012, 7(50):30.
4. Bioforsk, 2011a. (accessed 04.08.10). http://www.bioforsk.no.
5. Bioforsk, 2011b. (accessed 04.08.10). http://www.bioforsk.no/jova.
6. Blengini G.A., Busto M. The life cycle of rice: LCA of alternative agri-food chain management systems in Vercelli (Italy). J. Environ. Manage. 2009, 90:1512-1522.
7. Bonesmo H., Beauchemin K.A., Harstad O.M., Skjelvåg A.O. Greenhouse gas emission intensities of grass silage based dairy and beef production: a system analysis of Norwegian farms. Livest. Sci. 2012, 152(2013):239-252. 10.1016/j.livsci.2012.12.016.
8. Castanheira É.G., Dias A.C., Arroja L., Amaro R. The environmental performance of milk production on a typical Portuguese dairy farm. Agric. Syst. 2010, 103:498-507.
9. Cederberg, C., Flysjö, A., Ericson, L., 2007. Livscykelanays (LCA) av norrlänsk mjölkproduction. SIK-Rapport nr. 761.
10. Cellura M., Ardente F., Longo S. From the LCA of food products to the environmental assessment of protected crops districts: a case-study in the south Italy. J. Environ. Manage. 2012, 93:194-208.
11. CML2, 2000. Centre for Environmental Studies. University of Leiden. (accessed 22.02.11). http://leidenunv.nl/interfac/cml/ssp/lca2/index.html.
12. Crosson P., Shalloo L., O'Brien D., Lanigan G.J., Foley P.A., Boland T.M., Kenny D.A. A review of whole farm systems models of greenhouse gas emissions from beef and dairy cattle production systems. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 2011, 166-167:29-45.
13. Dalgaard T., Halberg T., Porter J.R. A model for fossile energy use in Danish agriculture used to compare organic and conventional farming. Agric. Ecosyst. Environ. 2001, 87:51-65.
14. Davis, J., Haglund, C., 1999. Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) of Fertilizer Production. Fertiliser Products Used in Sweden and Western Europe. SIK Report no. 654. Master Thesis. Calmars University of Technology.
15. de Vries M., de Boer I.J.M. Comparing environmental impacts for livestock products: a review of life cycle assessment. Livest. Sci. 2010, 128:1-11.
16. EFMA, 2000. Best Available Technique for Pollution Prevention and Control in the European Fertilizer Industry. (accessed 22.02.11). http://www.fertilizerseurope.com/site/index.php?id=390.
17. Eide M.H. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of industrial milk production. Int. J. Life Cycle Assessment 2002, 7:115-126.
18. EMEP/EEA, 2009. EMEP/EEA Emission Inventory Guidebook 2009. (accessed 14.02.2013). http://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/emep-eea-emission-inventory-guidebook-2009/part-b-sectoral-guidance-chapters/4-agriculture/4-d/4-d-crop-production-and-agricultural-soils.pdf/view.
19. EXIOPOL, 2011. (accessed 14.02.11). http://www.feem-project.net/exiopol/.
20. Fantin V., Buttol P., Pergreffi R., Masoni P. Life cycle assessment of Italian high quality milk production. A comparison with an EDB studt. J. Clean. Prod. 2012, 28:150-159.
21. Felleskjøpet, 2010a. Optimal produksjon av storfekjøtt. Leaflet, 19 pp. (in Norwegian).
22. Felleskjøpet, 2010b. En lommeguide til sunne og lønnsomme dyr. Pluss., 36 pp. (accessed 20.11.10) (in Norwegian). http://www.felleskjopet.no.
23. Flysjö A., Cederberg C., Henriksson M., Ledgard S. How does co-product handling affect carbon footprint of milk? Case study of milk production in New Zealand and Sweden. Int. J. Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16:420-430.
24. Flysjö A., Henriksson M., Cederberg C., Ledgard S., Englund J.-E. The impact of various parameters on the carbon footprint of milk production in New Zealand and Sweden. Agric. Syst. 2011, 104:459-469.
25. Frischknecht R., Althaus H.J., Bauer C., Doka G., Heck T., Jungbluth N., Kellenberger D., Nemecek T. The environmental relevance of capital goods in life cycle assessments of products and services. Int. J. Life Cycle Assessment 2007, 11:1-11.
26. Gjerde, I., 1990. Økonomisk analyse av storfefjøs. Foredrag ved informasjonsmøte I landbruksteknikk 18.og 19. April 1990. Aktuelt frå Statens fagtjeneste for landbruket nr 7/1 990.
27. Glatzel S., Stahr K. Methane and nitrous oxide exchange in differently fertilised grassland in southern Germany. Plant Soil 2001, 231:21-35.
28. Goedkoop, M., Heijungs, R., Huijbregts, M., Schryver, A.D., Struijs, J., van Zelm, R., 2012. ReCiPe 2008. A Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method Which Comprises Harmonised Category Indicators at the Midpoint and Endpoint Level. First edition. Report I Characterization. January 2009, 2011. (accessed 14.02.11). http://www.lcia-recipe.net/.
29. Hénault C., Grossel A., Mary B., Roussel M., Léonard J. Nitrous oxide emission by agricultural soils: a review of spatial and temporal variability for mitigation. Pedosphere 2012, 22:426-433.
30. Hoen, H.F., Trømborg, E., Nielsen, A., 2007. Klimagasser og bioenergi fra landbruket-kunnskapsstatus og forskningsbehov. Rapport utarbeidet på oppdrag fra: Styret for forskningsmidler over jordbruksavtalen. Fondet for forskningsavgift på landbruksprodukter og Norges forskningsråd. UMB-Rapport 2007.
31. IPCC, 2006. IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, vol 4. http://www.ipcc.ch.
32. Janzen H.H. What place for livestock on a re-greening earth?. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 2011, 166-167:783-796. 10.1016/j.anifeedsci.2011.04.055.
33. Karlengen I.J., Svihus B., Kjos N.P., Harstad O.M. Husdyrgjødsel; oppdatering av mengder gjødsel ogutskillelse av nitrogen, fosfor og kalium. Sluttrapport. Institutt for husdyr- og akvakulturvitenskap 2012, Universitetet for miljø- og biovitenskap, UMB-rapport 2012.
34. Kristensen T., Mogensen L., Knudsen M.T., Hermansen J.E. Effect of production system and farming strategy on greenhouse gas emissions from commercial dairy farms in a life cycle approach. Livest. Sci. 2011, 140:136-148.
35. Lesschen J.P., van den Berg M., Westhoek H.J., Witzke H.P., Oenema O. Greenhouse gas emission profiles of European livestock sectors. Anim. Feed Sci. Technol. 2011, 166-167:16-28.
36. Li Y., McLaughlin N. Fuel efficiency and exhaust emissions for biodiesel blends in an agricultural tractor. CSAE 2006, 5-67.
37. Milà I Canals L., Sim S., García-Suárez T., Neuer G., Herstein K., Kerr C., Rigarlsford G., King H. Estimating the greenhouse gas footprint of Knorr. Int. J. Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16:50-58.
38. Møller, H., 2010. (accessed 01.06.11). http://ostfoldforskning.no/uploads/prosjektsider/publikasjon/Environmental_impacts_from_capital_goods_in_LCA_of_meat_products.pdf.
39. NAEC, National Energy Foundation, 2010. (accessed 26.08.10). http://www.nef.org/uk/greencompany/co2calculator.htm.
40. Nemecek, T., Heil, A., Huguenin, O., Meier, S., Erzinger, S., Blaser, S., Dux, D., Zimmermann, A., 2004. Life Cycle Inventories of Agricultural Production Systems. FAL Reckenholz, FAT Taenikon, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf.
41. Nguyen T.L.T., Hermansen J.E., Mogensen L. Environmental consequences of different beef systems production in the EU. J. Clean. Prod. 2010, 18:756-766.
42. Nielsen, V., Sørensen, C.G., 2010. "DRIFT" et program for beregning af arbejdkapacitet-arbejdsbudget-arbejdsprofil. Grønne marker: Driftstekniske analyser og modelsimuleringer. (accessed 20.11.10) (in Danish). http://www.landbrugsinfo.dk/Itvaerktoejer/Maskiner-og-arbejde/Sider/Beregn_arbejdsbehovet_ved_markarbejde_me.aspx.
43. Norsk Landbruksrådgiving, 2011. http://www.lr.no.
44. Norwegian Agricultural Authority, 2010. https://www.slf.dep.no.
45. O'Brien D., Shalloo L., Patton J., Buckley F., Grainger C., Wallace M. A life cycke assessment of seasonal grass-based and confinement dairy farms. Agric. Syst. 2012, 107:33-46.
46. Pelletier N., Pirog R., Rasmussen R. Comparative life cycle environmental impacts of three beef production strategies in the upper midwestern United States. Agric. Syst. 2010, 103:380-389.
47. Peters G.M., Rowley H.V., Wiedeman S., Tucker R., Short M.D., Schulz M. Red meat production in Australia: life cycle assessment and comparison with overseas studies. Environ. Sci. Technol. 2010, 44:1327-1332.
48. Roer A.G., Korsaeth A., Henriksen T.M., Michelsen O., Strømman A.H. The influence of system boundaries on life cycle assessment of grain production in central southeast Norway. Agric. Syst. 2012, 111:75-84.
49. Saarinen M., Kurppa S., Virtanen Y., Usva K., Mäkelä J., Nissinen A. Life cycle assessment approach to the impact of home-made, ready-to-eat and school lunches on climate and eutrophication. J. Clean. Prod. 2012, 28:177-186.
50. Statistics Norway 2010. Statistisk sentralbyrå. (accessed 20.11.2010). http://www.ssb.no.
51. Sundstøl, F., Ekern, A., 1992. Det nye energivurderingssystemet for drøvtyggere (FEm-systemet) og nye energinormer. In: Husdyrforsøksmøtet, Norges Landbrukshøgskole 24.-26.mars1992. Faginfo nr 13/1992. Statens fagtjeneste for landbruket, pp. 545-552 (in Norwegian).
52. The Norwegian Forest and Landscape Institute, 2011. http://kilden.skogoglandskap.no/map/kilden/index.jsp.
53. Thomassen M.A., van Calker K.J., Smits M.C.J., Iepema G.L., de Boer I.J.M. Life cycle assessment of conventional and organic milk production in the Netherlands. Agric. Syst. 2008, 96:95-107.
54. Thomassen M.A., Dalgaard R., Heijungs R., de Boer I. Attributional and consequential LCA of milk production. Int. J. Life Cycle Assessment 2008, 13:339-349.
55. TINE, 2010a. FÔrplaner. (accessed 20.11.2010) (in Norwegian). https://medlem.tine.no/trm/tp/71.cms.
56. TINE 2010b. FÔrplan for intensivt og moderat oppdrett. (accessed 30.08.2010) (in Norwegian). https://medlem.tine.no/trm/tp/1394.cms?mode=print.
57. TINE, 2010c. Godt Kvigeoppdrett. TINE Rådgiving, Leaflet, 7 pp (in Norwegian).
58. TINE, 2011a. https://medlem.tine.no/cms/om-oss/statistikker/_attachment/296460?_ts=13d4679fe88.
59. TINE, 2011b. TINE Rådgiving Faglige Rapporter, (accessed 15.03.2011) (in Norwegian). https://medlem.tine.no/trm/tp/page?id=315&key=3328§ionid=297.
60. van der Werf H.M.G., Kanyarushoki C., Corson M.S. An operational method for the evaluation of resource use and environmental impacts of dairy farms by life cycle assessment. J. Environ. Manage. 2009, 90:3643-3652.
61. Virtanen Y., Kurppa S., Saarinen M., Katajajuuri J.-M., Usva K., Mäenpää I., Mäkelä J., Grönroos J., Nissinen A. Carbon footprint of food-approaches from national input-output statistics and a LCA of a food portion. J. Clean. Prod. 2011, 19:1849-1856.
62. Volden, H., Nes, S.K., 2006. Methane Emissions from Enteric Fermentation in Norway's Cattle and Sheep Population. Method Description. In: Sandmo, T. (Ed.) 2010. The Norwegian Emission Inventory 2010. Documentation of Methodologies for Estimating Emissions of Greenhouse Gases and Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollutants. Statistics Norway. Department of Animal and Aquacultural Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, pp. 220-229.
63. Yara, 2011. (accessed 22.02.11). http://yara.no.