Undertaking a Life Cycle Assessment for the Livestock Export Trade
| Project start date: | 01 March 2009 |
| Project end date: | 06 October 2011 |
| Publication date: | 01 November 2011 |
| Project status: | Completed |
| Livestock species: | Sheep, Goat, Lamb, Grassfed cattle, Grainfed cattle |
| Relevant regions: | National |
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Summary
The purpose of the study was to undertake a Life Cycle Assessment for Australian live sheep and cattle export supply chains, to provide benchmarks for global warming, water and energy use, and eutrophication. The two supply chains studied were sheep exported from Fremantle to the Middle East and cattle exported from Darwin to Indonesia. All sectors of the supply chain were covered, from on-farm production, pre-shipping export yards, shipping and feed lotting in the destination country through to delivery of the live animal at the abattoir.
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| Project manager: | Sharon Dundon |
| Primary researcher: | CSIRO Division of Livestock |
