New Zealand Dairy Farm Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Management Factors, 2012-2022

New Zealand dairy farm data spanning 10 consecutive milking seasons from 2012-13 to 2021-22. The dataset, authored by Erandi Kalehe Kankanamge, explores heterogeneity in greenhouse gas emissions and identifies key management and production factors associated with emissions and operating profits.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between milk solids production per hectare and GHG emissions based on the reported correlation (r=0.82).
• Analyzing the effects of nitrogen fertilizer application and total feed intake on both farm profits and emissions.
• Assessing regional heterogeneity in farm characteristics and emissions across New Zealand's dairy sector.
• Evaluating the impact of transitioning milking frequency on emissions and operating profit.

Strengths

• Covers 10 consecutive milking seasons (2012-13 to 2021-22), providing longitudinal insight.
• Analysis includes specific correlation coefficients (e.g., r=0.82 for milk solids per hectare and emissions).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• The primary data file is a 269.8 KB DOCX, suggesting the dataset is small in scale.

Provenance

Source

DairyBase

Collection Method

Unbalanced longitudinal panel data analyzed with Pearson correlation and linear mixed-effects regression.

Time Range

2012-13 to 2021-22 milking seasons

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-02 05:40:29; freshness should be verified.

Geography

New Zealand