If I have entered fuel consumption do I also need to enter machinery use and/or transport?

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• Can I enter machinery use by providing motor hours?

  No, this is currently not supported by the Cool Farm Tool. However, if you know the average fuel consumption per hour and the total motor hours you can use the fuel use section to provide a more accurate estimate.

• Do I need to account for transport of purchased inputs (e.g. feed) or final products to/from the farm?

  This depends on the scope you have defined for your assessments. Do you want to determine the emissions till the farm gate or e.g. till processor? We generally advise a cradle to farm-gate approach. Compost or other heavy inputs transported to the ...

• Why is machinery use not considered for the beef and dairy module, unlike the crop module?

  The fuel use estimates in the crop module consider machinery, but also soil texture and fuel. In the beef and dairy modules, we do no collect soil information, but only consider the total amount of fuel used. As machinery operations are very ...

• If I use manure from my livestock for fertilisation, is it sufficient to enter the management type "daily spread" or should I enter the manure as a fertiliser?

  In the beef and dairy module, the “manure” tab accounts for the emissions from management and storage of manure collected from animals in-house (emissions from manure left on field during grazing is already calculated by the tool). Select the ...

• I am intending to use CFT for project/academic use, what are the membership costs?

  For academic research & project-related use of the CFT, please complete the CFT Project Application Form which contains information about project pricing tiers.