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A case study of the potential environmental impacts of different dairy production systems in Georgia
Jeff B. Belflower,John K. Bernard,David K. Gattie,Dennis W. Hancock,Lawrence M. Risse,C. Alan Rotz +5 more
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In this paper, the biological and physical processes of an intensively managed rotational pasture-based dairy and a confinement fed dairy in the southeastern United States were simulated with the Integrated Farm System Model (IFSM) to evaluate management effects on greenhouse gas emissions, soil carbon sequestration, carbon footprint, nitrate leaching, ammonia volatilization, erosion, phosphorus runoff, and phosphorus accumulation in the soil.About:
This article is published in Agricultural Systems.The article was published on 2012-04-01. It has received 59 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Dairy farming & Carbon footprint.read more
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Emerging land use practices rapidly increase soil organic matter
Megan B. Machmuller,Marc G. Kramer,Taylor K. Cyle,Nicholas S. Hill,Dennis W. Hancock,Aaron Thompson +5 more
TL;DR: Emerging land uses, such as management-intensive grazing, may offer a rare win-win strategy combining profitable food production with rapid improvement of soil quality and short-term climate mitigation through soil C-accumulation.
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Parameters affecting the environmental impact of a range of dairy farming systems in Denmark, Germany and Italy
M. Guerci,Marie Trydeman Knudsen,Luciana Bava,Maddalena Zucali,Philipp Schönbach,Troels Kristensen +5 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the environmental impact of 12 dairy farms in Denmark, Germany and Italy using an LCA approach and the most important parameters influencing their environmental sustainability were identified.
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A case study of the carbon footprint of milk from high-performing confinement and grass-based dairy farms
TL;DR: Compared to recent reports that assess the carbon footprint of milk from average Irish, UK, and US dairy systems, this case study indicates that top-performing herds of the respective nations have carbon footprints 27 to 32% lower than average dairy systems.
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A life cycle assessment of the environmental impacts of a beef system in the USA
TL;DR: In this article, a life cycle assessment of the US beef value chain was conducted to develop baseline information on the environmental impacts of the industry including metrics of the cradle-to-farm gate (feed production, cow-calf, and feedlot operations) and post-factory gate (packing, case-ready, retail, restaurant, and consumer) segments.
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Whole-farm models to quantify greenhouse gas emissions and their potential use for linking climate change mitigation and adaptation in temperate grassland ruminant-based farming systems.
TL;DR: The limitations and strengths of the different existing approaches for modelling GHG mitigation by considering basic model structures, approaches for simulating GHG emissions from various farm components and the sensitivity of GHG outputs and mitigation measures to different approaches are analyzed.
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Life cycle assessment of milk production — a comparison of conventional and organic farming
TL;DR: In this paper, an LCA was performed on organic and conventional milk production at the farm level in Sweden, focusing on substance flows in concentrate feed production and nutrient flows on the farms.