Carbon, water, and land use for pork production when modifying type and regional sourcing of feed ingredients
Retrospective Analysis of US Pork Production from 1960 to 2015 Using LCA
Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Field-to-Fork Pork Supply Chains in the United States and the European Union
The goal of this study was to compare impacts of pork production and consumption in the US and EU. The impacts were calculated using life cycle assessment (LCA) methodology. The LCA provides quantitative, confirmable, and manageable models to evaluate production…
The Pig Production Environmental Footprint Calculator Version 3 has been completed and will soon be made available to producers. This software enables the user to calculate the greenhouse gas emissions, water usage and crop land requirements for an existing or…
A Life Cycle Analysis of Land Use in US Pork Production
The goal of this study was to analyze land use in the production of US pork using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is a comprehensive methodology for quantitatively analyzing potential environmental impacts associated with complex systems. Identification of processes contributing…
LCA of Alternate Swine Management
Life cycle analyses of eight pork production strategies for three environmental impact categories yielded a range of results, from a 17 percent increase in global warming potential (removing preventative antimicrobials) to approximately 3 percent reduction in energy use (immuno-castration). Based…
Integrated GHG Emissions and Tradeoff Cost Model for Swine Barn Operations
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Production Scale Midwestern Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing Facility
Gaseous emissions from livestock production continue to receive increasing attention due to concerns over their environmental and health impacts. Local concerns over gaseous emissions are usually focused on odor and environmental impacts. For example, ammonia (NH3) is usually of concern…
Quantification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Production Scale Midwestern Breeding/Gestation/Farrowing Facility
Gaseous emissions from livestock production continue to receive increasing attention due to concerns over their environmental and health impacts. Local concerns over gaseous emissions are usually focused on odor and environmental impacts. For example, ammonia (NH3) is usually of concern…