Prospects of Forage Production in Northern Regions under Climate and Land-Use Changes: A Case-Study of a Dairy Farm in Newfoundland, Canada
Prospects of Forage Production in Northern Regions under Climate and Land-Use Changes: A Case-Study of a Dairy Farm in Newfoundland, Canada
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- creativework.keywords - en
- grass-legume
- corn silage
- yield
- production
- dairy farm
- integrated farm system model
- creativework.keywords - fr
- graminées-légumineuses
- rendement
- ensilage de maïs
- production
- modèle de système agricole intégré
- fermes laitières
- dc.contributor.author
- Cordeiro, Marcos R. C.
- Rotz, Alan
- Kroebel, Roland
- Beauchemin, Karen A.
- Hunt, Derek
- Bittman, Shabtai
- Keonig, Karen M.
- McKenzie, David B.
- dc.date.accessioned
- 2023-04-21T18:04:37Z
- dc.date.available
- 2023-04-21T18:04:37Z
- dc.date.issued
- 2019-01-12
- dc.description.abstract - en
- Forage production in northern latitudes is challenging and uncertain in the future. In this case-study, the integrated farm system model (IFSM) was used to assess the impact of climate change and cropland expansion scenarios on forage production in a dairy farm in Newfoundland, Canada. Climatic projections indicated increases in temperature in the recent past (1990–2016) and under any future climate (2020–2079), thus enhancing agronomic performance. Temperature increases ranged from 2.8 °C to 5.4 °C in winter and from 3.2 °C to 6.4 °C in spring. Small precipitation increases (<10%) create narrower time windows to perform farm operations in the already stringent condition of excess moisture in the region. Results of land use scenarios including expansions of 20, 30, and 40% in cropland area, out of which 5% was dedicated to corn silage and the remainder to grass-legume mixtures, indicated increased yield and total production. Improvements in grass-legume yield ranged from 8% to 52%. The full range of production increases ranged from 11% to 105%. Increments in corn silage yield ranged from 28% to 69%. Total farm corn silage production increases ranged from 29% to 77%. An attainable cropland expansion of 20% would enable the farm to become self-sufficient in forage production under any climate scenario.
- dc.description.abstract-fosrctranslation - fr
- Forage production in northern latitudes is challenging and uncertain in the future. In this case-study, the integrated farm system model (IFSM) was used to assess the impact of climate change and cropland expansion scenarios on forage production in a dairy farm in Newfoundland, Canada. Climatic projections indicated increases in temperature in the recent past (1990–2016) and under any future climate (2020–2079), thus enhancing agronomic performance. Temperature increases ranged from 2.8 °C to 5.4 °C in winter and from 3.2 °C to 6.4 °C in spring. Small precipitation increases (<10%) create narrower time windows to perform farm operations in the already stringent condition of excess moisture in the region. Results of land use scenarios including expansions of 20, 30, and 40% in cropland area, out of which 5% was dedicated to corn silage and the remainder to grass-legume mixtures, indicated increased yield and total production. Improvements in grass-legume yield ranged from 8% to 52%. The full range of production increases ranged from 11% to 105%. Increments in corn silage yield ranged from 28% to 69%. Total farm corn silage production increases ranged from 29% to 77%. An attainable cropland expansion of 20% would enable the farm to become self-sufficient in forage production under any climate scenario.
- dc.identifier.citation
- Cordeiro, M., Rotz, A., Kroebel, R., Beauchemin, K., Hunt, D., Bittman, S., Koenig, K., & McKenzie, D. (2019). Prospects of Forage Production in Northern Regions under Climate and Land-Use Changes: A Case-Study of a Dairy Farm in Newfoundland, Canada. Agronomy, 9(1), 31. https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9010031
- dc.identifier.doi
- https://doi.org/10.3390/agronomy9010031
- dc.identifier.issn
- 2073-4395
- dc.identifier.uri
- https://open-science.canada.ca/handle/123456789/242
- dc.language.iso
- en
- dc.publisher
- MDPI
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - en
- Gold
- dc.rights.openaccesslevel - fr
- Or
- dc.subject - en
- Agriculture
- dc.subject - fr
- Agriculture
- dc.subject.en - en
- Agriculture
- dc.subject.fr - fr
- Agriculture
- dc.title - en
- Prospects of Forage Production in Northern Regions under Climate and Land-Use Changes: A Case-Study of a Dairy Farm in Newfoundland, Canada
- dc.title.fosrctranslation - fr
- Prospects of Forage Production in Northern Regions under Climate and Land-Use Changes: A Case-Study of a Dairy Farm in Newfoundland, Canada
- dc.type - en
- Article
- dc.type - fr
- Article
- local.article.journalissue
- 1
- local.article.journaltitle
- Agronomy
- local.article.journalvolume
- 9
- local.article.pagination
- 31
- local.peerreview - en
- Yes
- local.peerreview - fr
- Oui
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