FeedPrint: Calculate CO2 per kilogram meat, milk or eggs

CO2 for animal feed production

FeedPrint can calculate the amount of CO2 required for one kilogram of meat, milk or eggs. On the one hand, FeedPrint calculates the amount of CO2 equivalents used during the production of all animal feed, i.e. for roughage, by-products and concentrates. The programme takes into account the complete cultivation of crops (including processing, fertilisation, pesticides, land use, transport and storage). On the other hand, FeedPrint uses this feed as input for animal models for calculating the growth of animals (chickens, pigs and cows) and animal products (meat, milk and eggs).

FeedPrint is a flexible system

What is unique about FeedPrint is the flexibility offered for entering data. The feeding regime is fully adjustable at farm level. In addition to cultivation location conditions and the location of intermediate process operations, feed components can be formulated entirely yourself.

The calculation tool and database is developed and owned by Wageningen Livestock Research and Blonk Milieu Advies. The project is financed by the Product Boards Animal Feed, Arable Products, Livestock and Meat, Poultry and Eggs, Margarine Fats and Oils and the Dutch Dairy Board an the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Innovation.