Supplementary Material Table S1. Description of cattle herds in Västra Götaland county and Sweden. Västra Götaland Sweden Number of herds 882 4 973 Average herd size 66 70 Milk delivery per farm, kg ECM 536 000 537 000 Milk delivery per cow, kg ECM 8 300 8 400 Beef: Number of suckler cow herds 2 022 11 375 Average suckler cow herd size 15 17 Number of herds with finishing cattle 6 391 35 183 Average finishing cattle herd size 26 27 References: Statistics Sweden, 2014. Agricultural statistics 2013. Retrieved 15 11 16 from Swedish Dairy Association. 2012. Cattle statistics. 37 p. Table S2. Description of assumed farms with dairy cows, cow-calf production and finishing cattle in the Reference and three alternative scenarios: Ecosystem, Nutrients and Climate. Reference Ecosystem, Nutrients and Climate Dairy cow Cow-calf Finishing cow Cow-calf Finishing cattle cattle Location 20% in plains 100% in 100% in 20% in plains 100% in 100% in district, 80% in district and semi-forested 80% in district district district district district district Head, no.a 180 35 150 bulls, 180 35 150 bulls, 75 heifers or 75 heifers or 75 steers 75 steers Housing Loose housing Loose housing Loose housing Loose housing Loose system in insulated housing in in a mix of in insulated in uninsulated housing barn with uninsulated barns with barn with barn with with cubicles and barn with deep straw cubicles and deep bedding cubicles automatic deep straw bedding, automatic of reed canary milking system bedding slatted floor milking grass or cubicles system aLiving animals for cows, number of slaughtered animals per year for finishing cattle. Reference: Bostad, E., Swensson, C., Pinzke, S. 2011. Labour input in specialist beef bull production in Sweden. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 18, 1-12. Figure S1a. Flow of cattle in the Reference and in the alternative scenario Ecosystem, is heifers, is ♀ ♂ bulls, and is steers, widths of arrows indicate the number of slaughtered animals/calving replacement heifers ♂ per year, areas of circles indicate cow population sizes, whereas yellow and green imply indoor and grazing periods, respectively.
Supplementary Material Table S1. Description of cattle herds in Västra Götaland county and Sweden. Västra Götaland Sweden Number of herds 882 4 973 Average herd size 66 70 Milk delivery per farm, kg ECM 536 000 537 000 Milk delivery per cow, kg ECM 8 300 8 400 Beef: Number of suckler cow herds 2 022 11 375 Average suckler cow herd size 15 17 Number of herds with finishing cattle 6 391 35 183 Average finishing cattle herd size 26 27 References: Statistics Sweden, 2014. Agricultural statistics 2013. Retrieved 15 11 16 from Swedish Dairy Association. 2012. Cattle statistics. 37 p. Table S2. Description of assumed farms with dairy cows, cow-calf production and finishing cattle in the Reference and three alternative scenarios: Ecosystem, Nutrients and Climate. Reference Ecosystem, Nutrients and Climate Dairy cow Cow-calf Finishing cattle cow Cow-calf Finishing cattle Location 20% in plains district, 80% in semi-forested district 100% in district 100% in district 20% in plains district and 80% in district 100% in district 100% in district Head, no.a 180 35 150 bulls, 75 heifers or 75 steers 180 35 150 bulls, 75 heifers or 75 steers Housing system Loose housing in insulated barn with cubicles and automatic milking system Loose housing in uninsulated barn with deep straw bedding housing in a mix of barns with deep straw bedding, slatted floor or cubicles Loose housing in insulated barn with cubicles and automatic milking system Loose housing in uninsulated barn with deep bedding of reed canary grass Loose housing with cubicles aLiving animals for cows, number of slaughtered animals per year for finishing cattle. Reference: Bostad, E., Swensson, C., Pinzke, S. 2011. Labour input in specialist beef bull production in Sweden. Agricultural Engineering International: CIGR Journal 18, 1-12. Figure S1a. Flow of cattle in the Reference and in the alternative scenario Ecosystem, ♀ is heifers, ♂ is bulls, and ♂ is steers, widths of arrows indicate the number of slaughtered animals/calving replacement heifers per year, areas of circles indicate cow population sizes, whereas yellow and green imply indoor and grazing periods, respectively.
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