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Cattle for slaughtering - live weight (weaned calves production on pasture)
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The activity generating the emissions is weaned calves production on pasture. The Reference Product is cattle for slaughtering, live weight. The product cattle for slaughtering, live weight is an animal farmed for meat. Beef cattle are typically farmed for 1-2 years. The product represents the animal alive before transferring and processing in a slaughterhouse. 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/20982/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Cattle for slaughtering - live weight (weaned calves production on pasture) |
| Sector | Agriculture/Hunting/Forestry/Fishing |
| Category | Livestock Farming |
| Source | ecoinvent |
| Source Dataset | Cut-off Cumulative LCIA v3.12 |
| Region | |
Unit Type | |
| Year | 2006 |
| Year Released | 2025 |
| Emission Factor |
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| Scopes | 3.1 |
LCA Activity | source_specific |
Supported CO2e Calculation Method | AR5, AR6 |
| Data Versioning |
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Activity ID
livestock_farming-type_cattle_for_slaughtering_live_weight_weaned_calves_production_on_pasture
UUID
6daaf75f-9d93-405c-bdd6-0996a2ed095a
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