THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY
This study presents a “from cradle to farm gate” Life Cycle Assessment on cow milk produced in Northeast Italy. System boundaries consider milk and meat delivered at farm gate, including all upstream emissions. All farm activities were considered. Inputs and outputs required in one year are counted...
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| author | Alessandro Dalla Riva Jasmina Burek Daesoo Kim Greg Thoma Martino Cassandro Massimo De Marchi |
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| description | This study presents a “from cradle to farm gate” Life Cycle Assessment on cow milk produced in Northeast Italy. System boundaries consider milk and meat delivered at farm gate, including all upstream emissions. All farm activities were considered. Inputs and outputs required in one year are counted and information about 34 dairy farms are used to represent the production area. Different allocation approaches were used to share resources and emissions between milk and meat. Functional unit was one kg of raw milk. The Ecoinvent v3.1 and Agri-footprint v1.0 database were used for secondary data, and SimaPro© 8 was the main software in the analysis. The following impact categories were investigated: Climate Change (CC), Terrestrial Acidification (TA), Freshwater Eutrophication (FE), Land Occupation (LO), Water Depletion (WD) and Cumulative Fossil Energy Demand (CFED). Purchased feed production was the first emitter, followed by on-farm crop production, animals and manure management emissions. Considering the most debated impact categories, 1.80-2.19 kg CO2eq and 8.84-10.78 MJ represent, respectively, CC and CFED per kg of raw milk. This research could be applied in regional studies on environmental impact of Italian dairy production. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a6a2fdf7cb3949898b3263f8fe2f49aa2022-12-21T19:02:14ZengFaculty of Agrobitechnical Sciences OsijekPoljoprivreda1330-71421848-80802015-09-01211 sup10510810.18047/poljo.21.1.sup.24THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALYAlessandro Dalla Riva0Jasmina Burek1Daesoo Kim 2Greg Thoma3Martino Cassandro4Massimo De Marchi 5University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, 3202 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201, United StatesUniversity of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, 3202 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201, United States University of Arkansas, Ralph E. Martin Department of Chemical Engineering, 3202 Bell Engineering Center, Fayetteville, AR 72701-1201, United States University of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), ItalyUniversity of Padova, Department of Agronomy, Food, Natural resources, Animals and Environment, Viale dell’Università 16, 35020 Legnaro (PD), Italy This study presents a “from cradle to farm gate” Life Cycle Assessment on cow milk produced in Northeast Italy. System boundaries consider milk and meat delivered at farm gate, including all upstream emissions. All farm activities were considered. Inputs and outputs required in one year are counted and information about 34 dairy farms are used to represent the production area. Different allocation approaches were used to share resources and emissions between milk and meat. Functional unit was one kg of raw milk. The Ecoinvent v3.1 and Agri-footprint v1.0 database were used for secondary data, and SimaPro© 8 was the main software in the analysis. The following impact categories were investigated: Climate Change (CC), Terrestrial Acidification (TA), Freshwater Eutrophication (FE), Land Occupation (LO), Water Depletion (WD) and Cumulative Fossil Energy Demand (CFED). Purchased feed production was the first emitter, followed by on-farm crop production, animals and manure management emissions. Considering the most debated impact categories, 1.80-2.19 kg CO2eq and 8.84-10.78 MJ represent, respectively, CC and CFED per kg of raw milk. This research could be applied in regional studies on environmental impact of Italian dairy production.http://poljoprivreda.pfos.hr/upload/publications/poljoprivreda-21-1-sup24.pdfLCAdairy farmmilkenvironmental impact |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Dalla Riva Jasmina Burek Daesoo Kim Greg Thoma Martino Cassandro Massimo De Marchi THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY Poljoprivreda LCA dairy farm milk environmental impact |
| title | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY |
| title_full | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY |
| title_fullStr | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY |
| title_full_unstemmed | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY |
| title_short | THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF COW MILK IN THE NORTHEAST OF ITALY |
| title_sort | environmental impact of cow milk in the northeast of italy |
| topic | LCA dairy farm milk environmental impact |
| url | http://poljoprivreda.pfos.hr/upload/publications/poljoprivreda-21-1-sup24.pdf |
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