cowfootR Workflow

In cowfootR: Dairy Farm Carbon Footprint Assessment

Workflow overview

This vignette presents the overall workflow used by cowfootR to estimate dairy farm greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The flowchart below shows the main stages (data inputs, system boundaries, emission modules, aggregation, and reporting).

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What the diagram covers

• Inputs: Herd structure, milk production, feeds and purchased inputs, soils and manure management, energy, and other farm parameters.
• System boundaries: Definition of included and excluded processes for a consistent footprint (aligned with IPCC/IDF guidance).
• Emission modules: Enteric methane, manure, soils (N2O), energy, and indirect inputs.
• Aggregation: From module-level emissions to farm-level totals (CO2e).
• Intensity metrics: Emissions per litre FPCM and per hectare.
• Reporting: Batch and single-farm outputs, plus optional benchmarking.

Reproducibility note

This is a documentation vignette. It does not run calculations itself; instead, it provides the conceptual map to help users navigate the package functions and data templates.

cowfootR documentation built on Jan. 13, 2026, 5:07 p.m.