What should I do if I have a herd that is used for meat and milk production?

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• Why can I not see the meat carbon footprint in my dairy carbon footprint?

  Indeed, there is no option to see meat emissions in the dairy module. The emissions on the results page (total & per unit of FPCM) are the ones related to your milk production. If you only sell milk, all emissions from your farm are attributed to the ...

• Why is there no production emission associated with manure-based fertilisers?

  These emissions are allocated to the production of milk or meat in the Cool Farm Tool and therefore there are no production emissions allocated to the crop carbon footprint.

• The herd section asks me for average numbers for animals on farm, but actual numbers for purchased/sold animals. Why is that?

  For the animals on farm, the Cool Farm Tool works on a whole year basis and so we are trying to calculate on average how much manure and methane is produced by these animals in a year. If the animals are only present for half the year, you only want ...

• Should I include dead animals in the number of “sold” animals in the herd section?

  No, dead animals should not be included under sold animals, as otherwise the GHG footprint would be underestimated. Dead animals did consume feed and emit GHG emissions during their live, but are not producing meat, because dead animals are not used ...

• Does the Cool Farm Tool consider fertiliser production emissions?

  Yes, the carbon footprints of Cool Farm Tool include fertiliser production emissions and considers different regions of production