Green manure - Swiss integrated production - until March (green manure growing)

The activity generating the emissions is green manure growing, Swiss integrated production, until March. The Reference Product is green manure, Swiss integrated production, until March. The product green manure, Swiss integrated production, until March represents the cultivation of green manure on an area of 1 ha until March. The dry matter yield is 2300 kg/ha. Green manure is not harvested but incorporated into the soil, its reference function is 1 ha cultivated land. Green manure is used as soil cover during winter to reduce soil erosion and nitrate leaching for spring-sown crops. An user employing this module should use 1 ha of green manure corresponding to the area required to produce 1 kg of product of spring-sown crop. The end date for green manure was chosen on the basis of the date of soil cultivation of the spring-sown crop in question. Users should employ the respective model of green manure depending on the date of soil cultivation for their crop. Swiss integrated production refers to agriculture meeting the ecological requirements (ökologischer Leistungsnachweis, ÖLN) defined by the Swiss regulation on direct payments to agriculture (Direktzahlungsverordnung). The Reference Product amount is 1. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is ordinary transforming activity. Please refer to the ecoinvent documentation for full details: https://ecoquery.ecoinvent.org/3.12/cutoff/dataset/7011/documentation