Table 3 Management practices presented by type ALUM code version 8 Management Comments Dryland Irrigated Intensive Optional management code can be used for all land use UNKNOWN classes. ANIMAL Poultry for egg production which are free to roam within a shed barn laid 5.2.3 which may have more than one level caged Poultry housed in cages in sheds for egg or meat production 5.2.3 Generally applied to poultry production though can be applied to other livestock such as pigs. Poultry housed in sheds with regular free range 2.1.0, 3.2.0 4.2.0 5.2.3, 5.2.4 access to an outdoor area. Pigs are outdoors with rooting areas, wallows and kennel/huts for shelter. operation where milking is not mechanised and is completed milking hand 5.2.1 by hand Swingover or double up herringbone. Animals (generally cows) milking herringbone enter in single file and line up almost perpendicular on both sides 5.2.1 of the central milking aisle. Turntable with individual stalls for animals (generally cows) milking rotary 5.2.1 around the outer edge Animals (generally cows) individual milking stalls and leave milking walk through 5.2.1 by a common exitway. CROP Conservation earthworks of broad-based banks that intercept contour 3.2.0, 3.3.0 4.2.0, 4.3.0 runoff to prevent significant soil movement controlled traffic Farming system built on permanent wheel tracks to separate crop 3.3.0 4.3.0 farming and traffic lanes 4.3.0, 4.4.0, cropping continuous Same crop planted and harvested repeatedly 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0 4.5.0 Cover cropping, also under sowing. The broadcasting or sowing of pastures at the same time as sowing a crop. The deliberate cropping cover 3.3.0, 3.4.0 4.3.0, 4.4.0 sowing of plants between perennial crop rows. The planting of crops to cover the soil surface and that are not usually harvested.
Table 3 Management practices presented by type ALUM code version 8 Management Comments Dryland Irrigated Intensive UNKNOWN Optional management code can be used for all land use classes. ANIMAL barn laid Poultry for egg production which are free to roam within a shed which may have more than one level 5.2.3 caged Poultry housed in cages in sheds for egg or meat production 5.2.3 free range Generally applied to poultry production though can be applied to other livestock such as pigs. Poultry housed in sheds with regular access to an outdoor area. Pigs are outdoors with rooting areas, wallows and kennel/huts for shelter. 2.1.0, 3.2.0 4.2.0 5.2.3, 5.2.4 milking hand operation where milking is not mechanised and is completed by hand 5.2.1 milking herringbone Swingover or double up herringbone. Animals (generally cows) enter in single file and line up almost perpendicular on both sides of the central milking aisle. 5.2.1 milking rotary Turntable with individual stalls for animals (generally cows) around the outer edge 5.2.1 milking walk through Animals (generally cows) individual milking stalls and leave by a common exitway. 5.2.1 CROP contour Conservation earthworks of broad-based banks that intercept runoff to prevent significant soil movement 3.2.0, 3.3.0 4.2.0, 4.3.0 controlled traffic farming Farming system built on permanent wheel tracks to separate crop and traffic lanes 3.3.0 4.3.0 cropping continuous Same crop planted and harvested repeatedly 3.3.0, 3.4.0, 3.5.0 4.3.0, 4.4.0, 4.5.0 cropping cover Cover cropping, also under sowing. The broadcasting or sowing of pastures at the same time as sowing a crop. The deliberate sowing of plants between perennial crop rows. The planting of crops to cover the soil surface and that are not usually harvested. 3.3.0, 3.4.0 4.3.0, 4.4.0
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