Life cycle assessment of high- and low-profitability commodity and deep-bedded niche swine production systems in the Upper Midwestern United States

August 2010

N. Pelletier, P. Lammars, D. Stender, R. Pirog

This study, published in the 2010 Agricultural Systems journal, evaluates the environmental performance of niche swine production systems. See also the Leopold Center's Q&A about this project, "Life Cycle Assessment of Commodity and Niche Swine Production Systems."

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