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<blockquote data-quote="Cowabunga" data-source="post: 9175719" data-attributes="member: 718"><p>Are there production bands? Why? The emissions, such as they are, reduce per litre of production as yield increases, because less forage is consumed, which is what ferments in the rumen. And on your current stocking rate, which is already at the extensive end of the spectrum? The system is crazy if so. Correction, it’s as crazy as crazy gets anyway.</p><p></p><p>Yet the powers that be are expecting a 0.6% increase in animal productivity consistently through to 2050 by which time they expect 30% less production, which with the compounded extra productivity will mean 50% less cows. Half the stock we currently have but with average yield increased from the current 8000+ litres to 10,000+ litres per cow. Those are the approximate projections the halfwits designing this scheme have made with my interpretation of the implications.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Cowabunga, post: 9175719, member: 718"] Are there production bands? Why? The emissions, such as they are, reduce per litre of production as yield increases, because less forage is consumed, which is what ferments in the rumen. And on your current stocking rate, which is already at the extensive end of the spectrum? The system is crazy if so. Correction, it’s as crazy as crazy gets anyway. Yet the powers that be are expecting a 0.6% increase in animal productivity consistently through to 2050 by which time they expect 30% less production, which with the compounded extra productivity will mean 50% less cows. Half the stock we currently have but with average yield increased from the current 8000+ litres to 10,000+ litres per cow. Those are the approximate projections the halfwits designing this scheme have made with my interpretation of the implications. [/QUOTE]
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