Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories A joint initiative of the ETH domain and Swiss Federal Offices Life Cycle Inventories of Agricultural Production Systems Data v2.0 (2007) Thomas Nemecek and Thomas Kägi Agrosope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART ecoinvent report No. 15 Zürich and Dübendorf, December 2007 ecoinvent report No. 15 consists of two parts: ecoinvent report No. 15a: Life cycle inventories of Swiss and European agricultural production systems ecoinvent report No. 15b: Life cycle inventories of U.S. agricultural production systems Life cycle inventories of agricultural production systems Project "ecoinvent data v2.0" Commissioners: Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU - FOEN), Bern Swiss Federal Office for Energy (BFE), Bern Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW), Bern ecoinvent Board: Alexander Wokaun (Chair) PSI, Villigen Gérard Gaillard, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station, ART, Zürich Lorenz Hilty, Empa, St. Gallen Konrad Hungerbühler, ETHZ, Zürich François Maréchal, EPFL, Lausanne ecoinvent Advisory Council: Norbert Egli, BAFU, Bern Mark Goedkoop, PRé Consultants B.V. Patrick Hofstetter, WWF, Zürich Roland Högger, öbu / Geberit AG, Rapperswil Christoph Rentsch, BAFU (until January 2006) Mark Zimmermann, BFE (until July 2007) Institutes of the ecoinvent Centre: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART) Participating consultants: Basler & Hofmann, Zürich Bau- und Umweltchemie, Zürich Carbotech AG, Basel Chudacoff Oekoscience, Zürich Doka Life Cycle Assessments, Zürich Dr. Werner Environment & Development, Zürich Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems Sarl. ENERS Energy Concept, Lausanne ESU-services Ltd., Uster Infras AG, Bern Software Support: ifu Hamburg GmbH Project leader: Rolf Frischknecht, ecoinvent Centre, Empa, Dübendorf Marketing and Sales: Annette Köhler, ecoinvent Centre, Empa, Dübendorf ecoinvent-report no. 15 Printed: 14.12.2007 2 Life cycle inventories agricultural production systems Life Cycle Inventories of Agricultural Production Systems ecoinvent report No. 15 consists of two parts: ecoinvent report No. 15a: Life cycle inventories of Swiss and European agricultural production systems by Thomas Nemecek and Thomas Kägi, ART ecoinvent report No. 15b: Life cycle inventories of U.S. agricultural production systems by Thomas Kägi and Thomas Nemecek, ART Authors of V2.0: Thomas Nemecek, ART Thomas Kägi, ART Authors of V1.x: Thomas Nemecek, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Angelika Heil, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Olivier Huguenin, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Sebastiano Meier, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Stefan Erzinger, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Silvio Blaser, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Dunja Dux, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Albert Zimmermann, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Reviewers: Hans-Jörg Althaus EMPA St.Gallen (V2.0) Roberto Dones, PSI Villigen (V2.0) Roland Hischier, EMPA St. Gallen (V1.x) Margarita Osses, EMPA St. Gallen (V1.x) Contact Address: Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART) Reckenholzstrasse 191 8046 Zürich www.art.admin.ch [email protected] Responsibility: This report has been prepared on behalf of one or several Federal Offices listed on the opposite page (see commissioners) and / or the ecoinvent Centre. The final responsibility for contents and conclusions remains with the authors of this report. Terms of Use: Data published in this report are subject to the ecoinvent terms of use, in particular paragraphs 4 and 8. The ecoinvent terms of use (Version 2.0) can be downloaded via the Internet (www.ecoinvent.org). Liability: Information contained herein have been compiled or arrived from sources believed to be reliable. Nevertheless, the authors or their organizations do not accept liability for any loss or damage arising from the use thereof. Using the given information is strictly your own responsibility. ecoinvent-report no. 15 Printed: 14.12.2007 3 Life cycle inventories agricultural production systems ecoinvent-report no. 15 Printed: 14.12.2007 4 Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories A joint initiative of the ETH domain and Swiss Federal Offices Life Cycle Inventories of Swiss and European Agricultural Production Systems Data v2.0 (2007) Thomas Nemecek and Thomas Kägi Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station ART ecoinvent report No. 15a Zurich and Dübendorf, December 2007 ecoinvent-report no. 15a Printed: 15.12.2007 1 Project "ecoinvent data v2.0" Commissioners: Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Dübendorf Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (BAFU - FOEN), Bern Swiss Federal Office for Energy (BFE), Bern Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (BLW), Bern ecoinvent Board: Alexander Wokaun (Chair) PSI, Villigen Gérard Gaillard, Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station, ART, Zürich Lorenz Hilty, Empa, St. Gallen Konrad Hungerbühler, ETHZ, Zürich François Maréchal, EPFL, Lausanne ecoinvent Advisory Council: Norbert Egli, BAFU, Bern Mark Goedkoop, PRé Consultants B.V. Patrick Hofstetter, WWF, Zürich Roland Högger, öbu / Geberit AG, Rapperswil Christoph Rentsch, BAFU (until January 2006) Mark Zimmermann, BFE (until July 2007) Institutes of the ecoinvent Centre: Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (ETHZ) Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Testing and Research (Empa) Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART) Participating consultants: Basler & Hofmann, Zürich Bau- und Umweltchemie, Zürich Carbotech AG, Basel Chudacoff Oekoscience, Zürich Doka Life Cycle Assessments, Zürich Dr. Werner Environment & Development, Zürich Ecointesys - Life Cycle Systems Sarl. ENERS Energy Concept, Lausanne ESU-services Ltd., Uster Infras AG, Bern Software Support: ifu Hamburg GmbH Project leader: Rolf Frischknecht, ecoinvent Centre, Empa, Dübendorf Marketing and Sales: Annette Köhler, ecoinvent Centre, Empa, Dübendorf ecoinvent-report no. 15a Printed: 15.12.2007 i Life cycle inventories of Swiss and European agricultural production systems - Table of Contents Life Cycle Inventories of Swiss and European Agricultural Production Systems Project Leader: Thomas Nemecek, ART Authors of V2.0: Thomas Nemecek, ART Thomas Kägi, ART Authors of V1.x: Thomas Nemecek, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Angelika Heil, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Olivier Huguenin, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Sebastiano Meier, Agroscope FAL Reckenholz Stefan Erzinger, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Silvio Blaser, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Dunja Dux, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Albert Zimmermann, Agroscope FAT Tänikon Reviewers: Hans-Jörg Althaus EMPA Dübendorf (V2.0) Roland Hischier, EMPA St. Gallen (V1.x) Margarita Osses, EMPA St. Gallen (V1.x) Contact Address: Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon Research Station (ART) Reckenholzstrasse 191 8046 Zürich www.art.admin.ch [email protected] Responsibility: This report has been prepared on behalf of one or several Federal Offices listed on the opposite page (see commissioners) and / or the ecoinvent Centre. The final responsibility for contents and conclusions remains with the authors of this report. Terms of Use: Data published in this report are subject to the ecoinvent terms of use, in particular paragraphs 4 and 8. The ecoinvent terms of use (Version 2.0) can be downloaded via the Internet (www.ecoinvent.org). Liability: Information contained herein have been compiled or arrived from sources believed to be reliable. Nevertheless, the authors or their organizations do not accept liability for any loss or damage arising from the use thereof. Using the given information is strictly your own responsibility. Citation: Nemecek T. & Kägi T. (2007) Life Cycle Inventories of Swiss and European Agricultural Production Systems. Final report ecoinvent V2.0 No. 15a. Agroscope Reckenholz-Taenikon Research Station ART, Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories, Zurich and Dübendorf, CH, retrieved from: www.ecoinvent.ch. © Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Inventories / 2007 Life cycle inventories of Swiss and European agricultural production systems - Table of Contents Table of Contents TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................................................................................... 3 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.................................................................................................................. 8 SUMMARY.......................................................................................................................................... 10 ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................................................................. 11 CHANGES TO ECOINVENT DATA V1.01 IN V2.0...................................................................... 13 PART I: INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 15 1 INTRODUCTION AND OVERVIEW...................................................................................... 15 2 RAW MATERIAL RESERVES AND RESOURCES ............................................................. 18 3 AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN SWITZERLAND...................................................... 19 4 SYSTEM CHARACTERISATION ........................................................................................... 21 4.1 LCAS OF AGRICULTURAL SYSTEMS .....................................................................................