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Feed conversion (kilograms dry matter feed per kilogram product) and per feed type composition for the main production species, from Bouwman et al. (2005). Migrated from the afsetools Codes_coefs.xlsx workbook.

Usage

conv_bouwman

Format

A tibble with one row per species, feed type, region and anchor year:

item_bouwman

Bouwman species label (Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Pigs, Poultry, Sheep and goats).

feed_type

Feed type: animals, crops, grass, residues or scavenging.

year

Anchor year (1970, 1995 or 2030).

region_bouwman

Bouwman seventeen region label.

conversion

Per feed type conversion factor (kg DM feed per kg product). Sum across feed types is the total feed conversion ratio; normalised across feed types it gives the default feed composition shares.

Source

Bouwman et al. (2005), via afsetools Codes_coefs.xlsx.