Location: Dairy Forage Research
Title: How does crop production and diet formulation affect dairy emissions?Author
Submitted to: Meeting Abstract
Publication Type: Other Publication Acceptance Date: 8/15/2023 Publication Date: 8/28/2023 Citation: Duff, A., French, E.A. 2023. How does crop production and diet formulation affect dairy emissions?. Meeting Abstract. Decode 6. Interpretive Summary: Technical Abstract: Dairy producers select forage crops based on the nutritional needs of their herd, crop suitability to the regional climate and soils, and their farm production system. The carbon footprint of a dairy farm is an estimate of all GHG emissions – from the herd, field, manure, and feed management subsystems – and carbon storage in soil and vegetation. Climate-friendly forage crops are those which significantly increase net carbon accumulation in the field and do not appreciably increase GHG emissions from enteric fermentation (i.e., cattle digestion). |