Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Beef Cattle Herd Management) Methodology Determination 2015
Sch 2Inputs into Herd Management Calculator—dietary change
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Schedule 2—Inputs into Herd Management Calculator—dietary change
For paragraph 23(b), for a year in the crediting period during which one of the project activities is a dietary change for the herd, or for a livestock class of the herd, the following table specifies inputs to the Herd Management Calculator.
Note: The inputs are used, with seasonal values of pastures of the region published in the National Inventory Report, to calculate the weighted average of diets for each livestock class.
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="width:413.9pt; margin-left:48.2pt; border-collapse:collapse"><thead><tr><td colspan="3" style="width:403.1pt; border-top:2.25pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Dietary change contingent inputs required by the Herd Management Calculator</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Item</span></p></td><td style="width:242.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Input</span></p></td><td style="width:100.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:2.25pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="TableHeading"><span>Unit</span></p></td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="width:38.55pt; border-top:2.25pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>1</span></p></td><td style="width:242.15pt; border-top:2.25pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Average dry matter digestibility of diet in each season in the year without dietary change</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:100.8pt; border-top:2.25pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Percentage of total dry matter</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>2</span></p></td><td style="width:242.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Average crude protein of diet in each season of the year without dietary change</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:100.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Percentage of total dry matter</span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="width:38.55pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>3</span></p></td><td style="width:242.15pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>For each livestock class for which a dietary change was a project activity:</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:21.25pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; page-break-inside:avoid"><span>(a)</span><span style="width:10.15pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>the period or periods of the year during which more than 50% of the animals in the livestock class experienced the dietary change</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:21.25pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; page-break-inside:avoid"><span>(b)</span><span style="width:9.59pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>for supplementary feed used for the dietary change that was purchased from a commercial feed supplier—the dietary values of the supplements, as specified in a commodity vendor declaration form, fodder declaration form, or equivalent</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:21.25pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; page-break-inside:avoid"><span>(c)</span><span style="width:10.15pt; text-indent:0pt; display:inline-block"> </span><span>for supplementary feed used for the dietary change that was not purchased from a commercial feed supplier—the type of supplement</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="margin-left:21.25pt; text-indent:-21.25pt; page-break-inside:avoid"><span></span></p></td><td style="width:100.8pt; border-top:0.75pt solid #000000; border-bottom:0.75pt solid #000000; padding-right:5.4pt; padding-left:5.4pt; vertical-align:top"><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><br><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Days</span><br><br><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Dietary values of supplements</span><br><br><br><span></span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span>Type of supplement</span></p><p class="Tabletext" style="page-break-inside:avoid"><span></span></p></td></tr></tbody></table> ```