The system boundaries of this LCA begin with the crop production,
grain drying and processing, piglet production (PP) and
growing to finishing (GF) and end at the slaughterhouse with the
cooled and eviscerated carcass, as displayed in Fig. 1. The animals
are raised in housing with an uneven concrete floor for manure
runoff to a downspout that transports the slurry to the manure
management system (MMS).
aspects to its respective environmental impacts reduces
the uncertainty in decision making between different options.