{"id":8912,"date":"2025-07-04T12:03:33","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T10:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/?post_type=publication&#038;p=8912"},"modified":"2025-09-05T21:51:28","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T19:51:28","slug":"leidt-eigen-geteeld-voer-altijd-tot-lagere-emissies","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/en\/publication\/does-homegrown-feed-always-lead-to-lower-emissions\/","title":{"rendered":"Does homegrown feed always lead to lower emissions?"},"content":{"rendered":"<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8912\" class=\"elementor elementor-8912\" data-elementor-post-type=\"publication\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5404409 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5404409\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-core-v316-plus=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9c4e075 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9c4e075\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"166\" data-end=\"511\">Reducing greenhouse gas emissions is a growing priority in dairy farming, and many believe that feeding cows home-grown feed is a simple way to reduce emissions. After all, feed grown on one's own farm avoids emissions from transportation, storage and processing. But is it really that simple?<\/p><p data-start=\"513\" data-end=\"802\">To answer this question, we used Farmdesk Climate to simulate different feeding strategies on a high-yielding dairy farm. The results provide a more nuanced picture and highlight the critical importance of efficiency in sustainable milk production.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a064c9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a064c9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The business situation\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3996c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4b3996c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"834\" data-end=\"1155\">The reference farm has 100 cows, producing an average of 30 kg of milk per day, with a fat content of 42.7 g\/ltr (4.14%) and a protein content of 34.1 g\/ltr (3.31%). Each cow consumes 20.7 kg of dry matter (DS) feed daily, consisting mainly of forage (13.4 kg DS), including corn silage (7.74 kg DS) and grass-clover silage (5.68 kg DS).<\/p><p data-start=\"1157\" data-end=\"1351\">The remaining ration consists of homegrown barley (2.51 kg DS), beet pulp (2.00 kg DS), brewer's grains (1.00 kg DS), turnip meal (0.91 kg DS, RE = 39%) and soybean meal (0.87 kg DS, RE = 49%).<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79a938d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"79a938d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.20.0 - 13-03-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RationCaseStudy.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODkxNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2QxYno5NGowNm4xY3QwLmNsb3VkZnJvbnQubmV0XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wN1wvUmF0aW9uQ2FzZVN0dWR5LnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"721\" height=\"818\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RationCaseStudy.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8917\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RationCaseStudy.png 721w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RationCaseStudy-264x300.png 264w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/RationCaseStudy-11x12.png 11w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 721px) 100vw, 721px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0345cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e0345cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1353\" data-end=\"1394\">Crops are grown on 57.25 acres:<\/p><ul data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1610\"><li data-start=\"1396\" data-end=\"1457\"><p data-start=\"1398\" data-end=\"1457\">Barley: 16.55 ha (29%) with a yield of 7.5 tons PROD\/ha<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1458\" data-end=\"1520\"><p data-start=\"1460\" data-end=\"1520\">Corn silage: 18.5 ha (32%) with a yield of 18 tons DS\/ha<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1610\"><p data-start=\"1523\" data-end=\"1610\">Grass-clover: 22.2 ha (39%) with a yield of 11 tons DS\/ha, grown without fertilizer<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40f97a6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40f97a6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Comparison of four feeding strategies\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c0a70c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8c0a70c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1765\">We tested four feeding strategies, each changing only the source of one main component:<\/p><ol data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1948\"><li data-start=\"1767\" data-end=\"1841\"><p data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1841\"><strong data-start=\"1770\" data-end=\"1784\">Reference<\/strong>: barley, corn silage and grass-clover silage are homegrown<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1842\" data-end=\"1873\"><p data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1873\"><strong data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1871\">Barley <\/strong>is<strong data-start=\"1845\" data-end=\"1871\"> purchased<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"1908\"><p data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1908\"><strong data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1906\">Corn silage <\/strong>is<strong data-start=\"1877\" data-end=\"1906\"> purchased<\/strong><\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"1909\" data-end=\"1948\"><p data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1948\"><strong data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1948\">Grass-clover silage <\/strong>is<strong data-start=\"1912\" data-end=\"1948\"> purchased<\/strong><\/p><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-370c375 eael-table-align-left eael-dt-th-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-eael-data-table\" data-id=\"370c375\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"eael-data-table.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t@media (max-width: 767px) {\n\t\t\t   #eael-data-table-wrapper-370c375.custom-responsive-option-enable .eael-data-table thead {\n                    display: none;\n               }\n               #eael-data-table-wrapper-370c375.custom-responsive-option-enable .eael-data-table tbody tr td {\n                    float: none;\n                    clear: left;\n                    width: 100%;\n                    text-align: left;\n                    display: flex;\n                    align-items: center;\n                }\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t<\/style>\t\t<div class=\"eael-data-table-wrap custom-responsive-option-enable\" data-table_id=\"370c375\" id=\"eael-data-table-wrapper-370c375\" data-custom_responsive=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<table class=\"tablesorter eael-data-table left\" id=\"eael-data-table-370c375\">\n\t\t\t    <thead>\n\t\t\t        <tr class=\"table-header\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t            <th class=\"\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Scenario<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t            <th class=\"\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Emissions (g CO\u2082-eq\/kg FPCM).<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t            <th class=\"\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Feed cost (\/100 kg FPCM)\t<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t            <th class=\"\" id=\"\" colspan=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"data-table-header-text\">Feed profit (\/year)<\/span><\/th>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t        <\/tr>\n\t\t\t    <\/thead>\n\t\t\t  \t<tbody>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t1. Reference (homegrown)\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t963\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac 14,79\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac 352.661\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2. Barley purchased\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t971\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac 13,56\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac364.704\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t3. Corn silage purchased\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t988\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac 17,92\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac322.080\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t\t\t\t<tr>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t4. Grass-clover pit purchased\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t975\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac14,57\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t   \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<td colspan=\"\" rowspan=\"\" class=\"\" id=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"td-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"td-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u20ac361.805\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/td>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/tr>\n\t\t\t        \t\t\t    <\/tbody>\n\t\t\t<\/table>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t  \t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e049602 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e049602\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"1662\" data-end=\"1765\">The results show that not all purchased feed is equally problematic. While purchased corn silage resulted in the highest emissions (+2.6% vs. reference) and the lowest profit (-8.7%), purchasing barley resulted in a higher profit (+3.4%), despite a slight increase in emissions (+0.8%). This was largely due to favorable market prices at the time of the study.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7d43f93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"7d43f93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODkyNywidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2QxYno5NGowNm4xY3QwLmNsb3VkZnJvbnQubmV0XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wN1wvRmVlZC1SZWxhdGVkX0VtaXNzaW9uc19wZXJfc2NlbmFyaW8ucG5nIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"904\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8927\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario.png 904w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario-768x462.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/Feed-Related_Emissions_per_scenario-18x12.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 904px) 100vw, 904px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f551cf0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f551cf0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Efficiency: the real gamechanger\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8238e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8238e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"3087\" data-end=\"3340\">When thinking about reducing emissions and increasing feed profits on a dairy farm, the focus should not just be on purchased or homegrown feed. What really matters is how efficiently that feed is produced and used.<\/p><p data-start=\"3342\" data-end=\"3421\">We looked at what happens when yields of the three main crops increase:<\/p><ul data-start=\"3423\" data-end=\"3553\"><li data-start=\"3423\" data-end=\"3472\"><p data-start=\"3425\" data-end=\"3472\">Barley increased to 10 tons PROD\/ha (+2.5 tons)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3473\" data-end=\"3512\"><p data-start=\"3475\" data-end=\"3512\">Corn silage to 21 tons DS\/ha (+3 tons)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3513\" data-end=\"3553\"><p data-start=\"3515\" data-end=\"3553\">Grass-clover to 15 tons DS\/ha (+4 tons)<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"3555\" data-end=\"3614\">These yield increases produced clear benefits:<\/p><ul data-start=\"3616\" data-end=\"3836\"><li data-start=\"3616\" data-end=\"3682\"><p data-start=\"3618\" data-end=\"3682\">Lower greenhouse gas emissions per kg of milk (up to 2.1% reduction)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3683\" data-end=\"3764\"><p data-start=\"3685\" data-end=\"3764\">Lower feed costs (more than \u20ac2\/100 kg FPCM lower at increased yields)<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"3765\" data-end=\"3836\"><p data-start=\"3767\" data-end=\"3836\">Higher annual feed profits (up to 7.7% or more than \u20ac27,000 extra per year)<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-386727d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"386727d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario.png\" data-elementor-open-lightbox=\"yes\" data-e-action-hash=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Dlightbox%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ODkzNCwidXJsIjoiaHR0cHM6XC9cL2QxYno5NGowNm4xY3QwLmNsb3VkZnJvbnQubmV0XC93cC1jb250ZW50XC91cGxvYWRzXC8yMDI1XC8wN1wvZmVlZC1wcm9maXQtcGVyLXNjZW5hcmlvLnBuZyJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1384\" height=\"678\" src=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-8934\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario.png 1384w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario-300x147.png 300w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario-1024x502.png 1024w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario-768x376.png 768w, https:\/\/d1bz94j06n1ct0.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/feed-profit-per-scenario-18x9.png 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1384px) 100vw, 1384px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-44aea52 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"44aea52\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"3087\" data-end=\"3340\"><strong data-start=\"4992\" data-end=\"5014\">Important detail:<\/strong> if barley yields fall below 5.5 tons per acre, purchased barley would result in lower emissions in our model. But most farms are already above this level, so there is a realistic opportunity to maintain or improve efficiency.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecd1415 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ecd1415\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion: bet on efficiency first\n<\/h3>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b44071b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b44071b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"5317\" data-end=\"5585\">The results show that homegrown feed results in lower emissions only when it is produced efficiently. Purchased feed, such as barley, corn or grass, can sometimes be cheaper or appear to produce fewer emissions, depending on market conditions.<\/p><p data-start=\"5840\" data-end=\"5983\">Important is how efficiently feed, especially homegrown, is produced and utilized on the farm. This means:<\/p><ul data-start=\"5985\" data-end=\"6095\"><li data-start=\"5985\" data-end=\"6016\"><p data-start=\"5987\" data-end=\"6016\">More yield per acre,<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"6017\" data-end=\"6053\"><p data-start=\"6019\" data-end=\"6053\">Smart handling of inputs, and<\/p><\/li><li data-start=\"6054\" data-end=\"6095\"><p data-start=\"6056\" data-end=\"6095\">Getting more milk from each kilogram of feed.<\/p><\/li><\/ul><p data-start=\"6097\" data-end=\"6398\">As proprietary yields increase, you may need less land for the same amount of feed. That can free up space for alternative crops or to replace purchased, low-emission feeds (such as imported soy), allowing for further reductions in carbon footprint.<\/p><p data-start=\"6400\" data-end=\"6942\">For a more comprehensive look at larger greenhouse gas reduction opportunities (up to 30% on an average Flemish dairy farm), check out our full <a href=\"https:\/\/www.farmdesk.eu\/publication\/carbon-footprint-reductie-op-een-vlaams-melkveebedrijf-is-30-mogelijk\/\">in a previous article<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-315d5f5 elementor-blockquote--skin-boxed elementor-blockquote--button-color-official elementor-widget elementor-widget-blockquote\" data-id=\"315d5f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"blockquote.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor-pro - v3.20.0 - 20-03-2024 *\/\n@charset \"UTF-8\";.entry-content 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