Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina

Autores
Lopez Seco, Emilia; Herrero, María Alejandra; Giannini Kurina, Franca; Maekawa, Marina; Demateis Llera, Federico; Gil, Susana Beatriz; La Manna, Alejandro
Año de publicación
2026
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
Estado
versión publicada
Descripción
Dairy production intensification in the Western Dairy Basin of Buenos Aires, Argentina, may improve milk production efficiency while increasing local environmental pressure. We quantified the carbon footprint (CF), green and blue water footprints, and farm-gate nitrogen and phosphorus balances of 30 dairy farms (July 2020-June 2021), grouped into low, medium and high intensification by K-means clustering on concentrate use per hectare, dry matter intake, stocking rate and milking-cow ratio. Indicators were expressed per unit of fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) and per hectare. Across farms, mean impacts were CF 0.86 kg CO2-eq kg-1 FPCM and 6579 kg CO2-eq ha-1; N balance 160 kg N ha-1 yr-1 (NUE 25%); P balance 9 kg P ha-1 yr-1 (PUE 57%); green water 1170 L kg-1 FPCM and blue water 8.68 L kg-1 FPCM. Several indicators differed among intensification groups (p < 0.05), with lower CF and N balance per FPCM but higher emissions, N surplus and blue water use per hectare in the most intensive farms, shifting environmental burdens from product-based to land-based metrics. Concentrate use, stocking rate and dry matter intake were the main leverage points. Given its observational, cross-sectional design and non-random sample, this study identifies associations rather than causal effects of intensification.
EEA Manfredi
Fil: Lopez Seco, Emilia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina
Fil: Herrero, Maria Alejandra. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina
Fil: Giannini Kurina, Franca. Aarhus University. Department of Agroecology; Dinamarca
Fil: Maekawa, Marina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; Argentina
Fil: Demateis Llera, Federico. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; Argentina
Fil: Gil, Susana Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina
Fil: La Manna, Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA). INIA La Estanzuela; Uruguay
Fuente
Cleaner Food Systems 4 : 100054. (December 2026)
Materia
Producción Lechera
Factores Ambientales
Impacto Ambiental
Intensificación
Huella de Carbono
Huella de Agua
Buenos Aires (provincia)
Milk Production
Environmental Factors
Environmental Impact
Intensification
Carbon Footprint
Water Footprint
Buenos Aires (province)
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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spelling Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, ArgentinaLopez Seco, EmiliaHerrero, María AlejandraGiannini Kurina, FrancaMaekawa, MarinaDemateis Llera, FedericoGil, Susana BeatrizLa Manna, AlejandroProducción LecheraFactores AmbientalesImpacto AmbientalIntensificaciónHuella de CarbonoHuella de AguaBuenos Aires (provincia)Milk ProductionEnvironmental FactorsEnvironmental ImpactIntensificationCarbon FootprintWater FootprintBuenos Aires (province)Dairy production intensification in the Western Dairy Basin of Buenos Aires, Argentina, may improve milk production efficiency while increasing local environmental pressure. We quantified the carbon footprint (CF), green and blue water footprints, and farm-gate nitrogen and phosphorus balances of 30 dairy farms (July 2020-June 2021), grouped into low, medium and high intensification by K-means clustering on concentrate use per hectare, dry matter intake, stocking rate and milking-cow ratio. Indicators were expressed per unit of fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) and per hectare. Across farms, mean impacts were CF 0.86 kg CO2-eq kg-1 FPCM and 6579 kg CO2-eq ha-1; N balance 160 kg N ha-1 yr-1 (NUE 25%); P balance 9 kg P ha-1 yr-1 (PUE 57%); green water 1170 L kg-1 FPCM and blue water 8.68 L kg-1 FPCM. Several indicators differed among intensification groups (p < 0.05), with lower CF and N balance per FPCM but higher emissions, N surplus and blue water use per hectare in the most intensive farms, shifting environmental burdens from product-based to land-based metrics. Concentrate use, stocking rate and dry matter intake were the main leverage points. Given its observational, cross-sectional design and non-random sample, this study identifies associations rather than causal effects of intensification.EEA ManfrediFil: Lopez Seco, Emilia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; ArgentinaFil: Herrero, Maria Alejandra. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; ArgentinaFil: Giannini Kurina, Franca. Aarhus University. Department of Agroecology; DinamarcaFil: Maekawa, Marina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; ArgentinaFil: Demateis Llera, Federico. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; ArgentinaFil: Gil, Susana Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; ArgentinaFil: La Manna, Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA). INIA La Estanzuela; UruguayElsevier2026-09-16T11:23:24Z2026-09-16T11:23:24Z2026-12info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501info:ar-repo/semantics/articuloapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/27812https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S30508355260004343050-8355https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clfs.2026.100054Cleaner Food Systems 4 : 100054. (December 2026)reponame:INTA Digital (INTA)instname:Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariaenginfo:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/2019-PE-E1-I005-001, Adaptación, resiliencia y competitividad de los sistemas de producción de lecheBuenos Aires .......... (province) (World, South America, Argentina)1001160info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)2026-09-24T11:43:50Zoai:localhost:20.500.12123/27812instacron:INTAInstitucionalhttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/Organismo científico-tecnológicoNo correspondehttp://repositorio.inta.gob.ar/oai/requesttripaldi.nicolas@inta.gob.arArgentinaNo correspondeNo correspondeNo correspondeopendoar:l2026-09-24 11:43:51.277INTA Digital (INTA) - Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuariafalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
title Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
spellingShingle Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
Lopez Seco, Emilia
Producción Lechera
Factores Ambientales
Impacto Ambiental
Intensificación
Huella de Carbono
Huella de Agua
Buenos Aires (provincia)
Milk Production
Environmental Factors
Environmental Impact
Intensification
Carbon Footprint
Water Footprint
Buenos Aires (province)
title_short Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_fullStr Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
title_sort Dairy production intensification and environmental impacts in western Buenos Aires, Argentina
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lopez Seco, Emilia
Herrero, María Alejandra
Giannini Kurina, Franca
Maekawa, Marina
Demateis Llera, Federico
Gil, Susana Beatriz
La Manna, Alejandro
author Lopez Seco, Emilia
author_facet Lopez Seco, Emilia
Herrero, María Alejandra
Giannini Kurina, Franca
Maekawa, Marina
Demateis Llera, Federico
Gil, Susana Beatriz
La Manna, Alejandro
author_role author
author2 Herrero, María Alejandra
Giannini Kurina, Franca
Maekawa, Marina
Demateis Llera, Federico
Gil, Susana Beatriz
La Manna, Alejandro
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Producción Lechera
Factores Ambientales
Impacto Ambiental
Intensificación
Huella de Carbono
Huella de Agua
Buenos Aires (provincia)
Milk Production
Environmental Factors
Environmental Impact
Intensification
Carbon Footprint
Water Footprint
Buenos Aires (province)
topic Producción Lechera
Factores Ambientales
Impacto Ambiental
Intensificación
Huella de Carbono
Huella de Agua
Buenos Aires (provincia)
Milk Production
Environmental Factors
Environmental Impact
Intensification
Carbon Footprint
Water Footprint
Buenos Aires (province)
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Dairy production intensification in the Western Dairy Basin of Buenos Aires, Argentina, may improve milk production efficiency while increasing local environmental pressure. We quantified the carbon footprint (CF), green and blue water footprints, and farm-gate nitrogen and phosphorus balances of 30 dairy farms (July 2020-June 2021), grouped into low, medium and high intensification by K-means clustering on concentrate use per hectare, dry matter intake, stocking rate and milking-cow ratio. Indicators were expressed per unit of fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) and per hectare. Across farms, mean impacts were CF 0.86 kg CO2-eq kg-1 FPCM and 6579 kg CO2-eq ha-1; N balance 160 kg N ha-1 yr-1 (NUE 25%); P balance 9 kg P ha-1 yr-1 (PUE 57%); green water 1170 L kg-1 FPCM and blue water 8.68 L kg-1 FPCM. Several indicators differed among intensification groups (p < 0.05), with lower CF and N balance per FPCM but higher emissions, N surplus and blue water use per hectare in the most intensive farms, shifting environmental burdens from product-based to land-based metrics. Concentrate use, stocking rate and dry matter intake were the main leverage points. Given its observational, cross-sectional design and non-random sample, this study identifies associations rather than causal effects of intensification.
EEA Manfredi
Fil: Lopez Seco, Emilia. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi; Argentina
Fil: Herrero, Maria Alejandra. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Agronomía; Argentina
Fil: Giannini Kurina, Franca. Aarhus University. Department of Agroecology; Dinamarca
Fil: Maekawa, Marina. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; Argentina
Fil: Demateis Llera, Federico. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria General Villegas. Agencia De Extensión Rural Trenque Lauquen; Argentina
Fil: Gil, Susana Beatriz. Universidad de Buenos Aires. Facultad de Ciencias Veterinarias; Argentina
Fil: La Manna, Alejandro. Instituto Nacional de Investigación Agropecuaria (INIA). INIA La Estanzuela; Uruguay
description Dairy production intensification in the Western Dairy Basin of Buenos Aires, Argentina, may improve milk production efficiency while increasing local environmental pressure. We quantified the carbon footprint (CF), green and blue water footprints, and farm-gate nitrogen and phosphorus balances of 30 dairy farms (July 2020-June 2021), grouped into low, medium and high intensification by K-means clustering on concentrate use per hectare, dry matter intake, stocking rate and milking-cow ratio. Indicators were expressed per unit of fat- and protein-corrected milk (FPCM) and per hectare. Across farms, mean impacts were CF 0.86 kg CO2-eq kg-1 FPCM and 6579 kg CO2-eq ha-1; N balance 160 kg N ha-1 yr-1 (NUE 25%); P balance 9 kg P ha-1 yr-1 (PUE 57%); green water 1170 L kg-1 FPCM and blue water 8.68 L kg-1 FPCM. Several indicators differed among intensification groups (p < 0.05), with lower CF and N balance per FPCM but higher emissions, N surplus and blue water use per hectare in the most intensive farms, shifting environmental burdens from product-based to land-based metrics. Concentrate use, stocking rate and dry matter intake were the main leverage points. Given its observational, cross-sectional design and non-random sample, this study identifies associations rather than causal effects of intensification.
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