Modelling Livestock Component in FSSIM

This document summarises the development of a ruminant livestock component for the Farm System Simulator (FSSIM). This includes treatments of energy and protein transactions in ruminant livestock that have been used as a basis for the biophysical simulations that will generate the input production parameters for FSSIM. The treatments are derived principally from the “French” feed evaluation and rationing system for protein and energy. Currently, we have constructed routines that are capable of simulating input-output relationships for energy and protein in the following representative systems; dairy cattle; suckler cows; growing and finishing cattle; sheep and goats. The calculations of energy and protein requirements for these classes of livestock are described in detail in this document

[1]  Thomas Heckelei,et al.  Definition of the CAPRI Core Modelling System and Interfaces with other Components of SEAMLESS-IF , 2007 .

[2]  Berien Elbersen,et al.  Regional typologies of ecological and biophysical context , 2006 .

[3]  H. G. van der Meer.  Production and utilization of livestock manure in The Netherlands , 2008 .

[4]  C. Grashoff,et al.  Variability in yield of faba beans (Vicia faba L.) , 1992 .

[5]  T. M. McCalla,et al.  Organic Matter and Soil Fertility , 1970 .

[6]  C. Rotz,et al.  Whole-farm perspectives of nutrient flows in grassland agriculture , 2005 .

[7]  J.J.M.H. Ketelaars,et al.  Perspectives for improving efficiency of nutrient use in livestock production in The Netherlands , 1998 .

[8]  A.J.H. Van Es,et al.  The nutrient requirements of ruminant livestock , 1982 .

[9]  B. de Araujo Waltrick.  Contribution of Holstein cows to sustainability of dairy systems in Brazil , 2003 .

[10]  H. Berge,et al.  An evaluation of whole farm nitrogen balances and related indices for efficient nitrogen use , 2003 .

[11]  H. V. D. Meer,et al.  The relationship between inputs and outputs of nitrogen in intensive grassland systems , 1986 .

[12]  G. Flichman,et al.  A generic template for FSSIM , 2009 .

[13]  A.G.J.M. Oude Lansink,et al.  SEAMLESS: System for Environmental and Agricultural Modelling;Linking European Science and Society. , 2005 .

[14]  T. Vellinga,et al.  Sixty years of Dutch nitrogen fertiliser experiments, an overview of the effects of soil type, fertiliser input, management and of developments in time , 1999 .

[15]  B. Cottrill,et al.  Energy and Protein Requirements of Ruminants , 1993 .

[16]  G.W.J. van de Ven,et al.  Concepts in production ecology for analysis and design of animal and plant–animal production systems , 2003 .

[17]  A. Lansink,et al.  FSSIM, a bio-economic farm model for simulating the response of {EU} farming systems to agricultural , 2010 .

[18]  J. C. Ryden,et al.  Nitrogen Fluxes in Intensive Grassland Systems , 2011, Developments in Plant and Soil Sciences.

[19]  M. Kononova.  Soil Organic Matter , 1963 .

[20]  Commissie Bemesting Grasland en Voedergewassen,et al.  Adviesbasis bemesting grasland en voedergewassen , 2002 .