Carbon footprint and land requirement for dairy herd rations: Impacts of feed production practices and regional climate variations

Animal

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1329-1338

  Henriksson, M ^a   Cederberg, C ^b   Swensson, C ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

dairy production; greenhouse gas emissions; land use; life cycle assessment; ration composition

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; BOS; CANAVALIA ENSIFORMIS; GLYCINE MAX; VICIA FABA; ZEA MAYS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; BOVINE; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CLASSIFICATION; CLIMATE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; SILAGE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; BRAZIL; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CATTLE; CLIMATE; FEMALE; LACTATION; MILK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PLANTS; SILAGE;

EID: 84904753795     PISSN: 17517311     EISSN: 1751732X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1751731114000627     Document Type: Article

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