Cultivating, medium implement, horticulture {AU}| | AusLCI, U

Unit process Australia v00.00.000

Included processes:Process includes tractor and other machinery production and operation of equipement including fuel production and use. Remark: This inventory has been developed as part of the AusAgLCI initiative funded by a partnership of Australian Research and Development Corporations (RIRDC, CRDC, GRDC, SRDC, HAL, MLA, DA, FWPA) and Research Agencies (CSIRO, USQ and Q DAFF), with technical support from Life Cycle Strategies. More detail on inventory development can be found in the 'AusAgLCI Methodology for developing Life Cycle Inventory' documents located at www.auslci.alcas.asn.au. Energy use from WA farm energy calculator. Geography: Refers to an average production in Australia. Technology: Average Time period: Data collected for 2012 Version: 1.0 Record: Data entry by: Sandra Eady Telephone: +61 2 6776 1394; E-mail: sandra.eady@csiro.au ; Company: CSIRO Livestock industries; Country: AU Generator: Data entry by: Sandra Eady Telephone: +61 2 6776 1394; E-mail: sandra.eady@csiro.au ; Company: CSIRO Livestock industries; Country: AU

Sector
Processing
Contributor
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Last updated
13 Jun 2012
Reference ID
81177bf5-d110-3d7e-b772-f1b8a7c3d821

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Documentation

Quantitative reference
Cultivating, medium implement, horticulture {AU}| | AusLCI, U
Sampling procedure
Fuel consumption data have been derived from the Western Australia Farm Energy Calculator for broadacre crop. Tractor weight has been derived from a survey. Implement weight has been estimated based on manufacturers data.
Creation date
13 Jun 2012
Is copyright protected
No
Is infrastructure process
No
Tags
processing
Sources
Agricultural Machinery Management/2002/The University of Arizona
Farm energy calculator/2010/Salam
John Deere planting equipment/2013/John Deere Ltd

Product outputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Cultivating, medium implement, horticulture {AU}| | AusLCI, U 1.0 ha —

Technical inputs

Flow AmountUnitComment
Agricultural machinery, unspecified {GLO}| market for agricultural machinery, unspecified | Cut-off, U 0.32333921222810114 kg weight amortized over lifetime
Tractor engine operation, on farm, per litre of diesel consumed {AU}| | AusLCI, U 9.9 l —
Tractor, 4-wheel, agricultural {GLO}| market for tractor, 4-wheel, agricultural | Cut-off, U 0.3428851068783068 kg weight amortized over lifetime

Parameters

NameValueFormulaDescription
fuel_ha 9.9 — (2,3,1,3,1,na) - Rod Menzies & associates spreadsheet on machinery for horticultural crops, Queensland DPI
implement_lifetime 2700.0 — [hours] lifetime of the implement - Rod Menzies & associates spreadsheet on machinery for horticultural crops
tractor_power 100.0 — [kW] average power of tractor
speed 7.0 — [km/h] average speed of the tractor
implement_width 3.6 — [m] width of implement
implement_lifetime_ha 6804.0 speed*implement_width*implement_lifetime*1000/10000 [ha] life time of implement - in ha processed
implement_weight 2200.0 — [kg] weight of implement - estimate only
tractor_lifetime 6600.0 — [hours] lifetime of the tractor - Rod Menzies & associates spreadsheet on machinery for horticultural crops
tractor_lifetime_ha 16632.0 speed*implement_width*tractor_lifetime*1000/10000 [ha] life time of tractor - in ha processed
tractor_weight 5702.865097599999 tractor_power*UC_kWtoHP*37.408+686.37 [kg] relation derived from analysis of over 200 tractors
UC_kWtoHP 1.341022 — Coversion factore for KW to Horsepower.