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Weaned heifers - live weight (beef cattle production on pasture and feedlot)
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The activity generating the emissions is beef cattle production on pasture and feedlot. The Reference Product is weaned heifers, live weight. The product weaned heifers, live weight is an animal farmed for meat. Beef cattle are typically farmed for 1-2 years. A heifer is an adult female bovine that has not yet given birth to a calf. 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/21927/documentation
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Weaned heifers - live weight (beef cattle production on pasture and feedlot) |
| 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_weaned_heifers_live_weight_beef_cattle_production_on_pasture_and_feedlot
UUID
e5854392-45f7-4a3a-9973-f1316b2108e0
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