A comparison of farm labour, profitability, and carbon footprint of different management strategies in Northern European grassland sheep systems

C. Morgan-Davies, J. Kyle, I.A. Boman, H. Wishart, A. McLaren, S. Fair and P. Creighton

Agricultural Systems, 2021, vol. 191, issue C

Abstract: Sheep production systems need to become more carbon efficient to meet growing public demands on climate change. Some of the ways postulated to achieve this is to implement new technologies and management strategies such as precision livestock farming (PLF), increased use of high genetic merit animals with estimated breeding values through artificial insemination (AI) where practical, and the use of prolific breeds. However, the carbon footprint impact of these strategies has not to-date been quantified. Additionally, international experience indicates that uptake of such strategies is low due, in part, to the perception of increased workload especially during busy periods of the sheep year.

Keywords: Sheep management; Efficiency; Precision livestock farming; Artificial insemination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1016/j.agsy.2021.103155

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