Grazing type clarification: What impact does this metric have on overall GHG output? What is its purpose?
Grazing type information is needed for the energy requirement calculation. Only two grazing options are available in the CFT. Confined pasture refers to grazing where animals are confined in areas with sufficient forage requiring modest energy expense to acquire feed. Rangeland / rough grazing refers to animals grazing in open range land or hilly terrain and therefore expending more energy acquiring feed. This can have a significant impact on GHG emissions and can account for 1% of emissions from the farm overall. When you are looking at numbers around the 1Mkg/CO2 per annum, that 1% can be quite significant.
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Grazing quality clarification: What impact does this metric have on overall GHG output? What is its purpose?
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Grassland fertilisation: I only apply manure fertiliser on hayfields, not on the full acreage that is used for both hay and grazing. Does it make sense to select “grazing, grass silage, and hay area combined” and then enter in only the acreage on which fertiliser is being applied?
Correct. Select “grazing, grass silage, and hay area combined”, and please only enter the area that is fertilised and the respective fertiliser amounts, not the full area. This won’t impact any other modules (e.g. grazing, feed). Please keep in mind ...
Is the CFT compliant with standards such as the WRI GHG Protocol ISO, PAS2050, Carbon Trust, Life cycle analysis, the International Dairy Federation etc?
Generally speaking, the Cool Farm Alliance seeks to be aligned with various standards and protocols in terms of scope and boundaries, but does not seek to be necessarily ‘compliant’ to those standards. This is because the Coof Farm Tool is agnostic ...
Can I assess GHG emissions for a whole farm?
The greenhouse gas metric works on a per-product basis, whereas in contrast the biodiversity metric is for whole-farm. A whole-farm assessment is a GHG emission inventory considering all aspects that may influence the overall footprint of a ...
Are biodiversity assessments farm type specific?
Biodiversity assessments within the tool are not farm type specific. To check we cover your biome go here to see the map.