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Layer: NSW Piggery Manure (SA2) (ID: 1)

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Description: This dataset estimates the location and mass in dry tonnes at 0% moisture content (MC) and in wet tonnes at 90% MC of intensive piggery manure residues across NSW, Australia. This information was originally collated for the Australian Biomass for Bioenergy Assessment (ABBA) project and has been updated several times. It is available for use in the NSW BioSMART tool (Biomass Spatial and Modular Assessment of Resources Tool – https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forestry/science/forest-carbon/biomass-for-bioenergy/nsw-biosmart) and on the Terria Map (https://app.terria.io/terria/catalog/map) platform. The boundary features were extracted from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS 2016) digital boundaries [Copyright Commonwealth of Australia administered by the ABS]. This dataset is mapped at the Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2). Each SA2 region shows the annual average, minimum and maximum tonnes of intensive piggery manure residues for the period July 2011 to June 2021 (average of 10 years). The SA2 residues were derived using the 'parent' SA4 region residue totals (calculated using the ABS ASGS Agricultural Commodities, Australia, cat. no. 7121.0 data cubes and from research carried out by the NSW Forest Science unit, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development – Forestry) and by applying calculated percentages using livestock numbers from the ABS 2015-16 SA2 agricultural survey data to determine the distribution of residues at this level. Please note the location of residues for the SA2 maps is based on the 2015-16 livestock distribution. The residues were calculated for each ABS class of pig as follows: Breeding sows and All other (boars, finishers, gilts, growers, suckers, weaners). From the literature, assumptions were made such as Breeding sows = Gestating sows and All other = 1 Standard Pig Unit (SPU) = Grower pigs. There was no way to determine from the ABS data or the literature what system (deep litter or conventional) was used at the farm scale, hence bedding could not be calculated. Therefore, this dataset only represents manure as excreted. When all calculations were complete, the class totals were added together to give combined manure residue totals for each SA2 region. The following were calculated for each SA2 region: Total Solids (TS), Volatile Solids (VS) and Wet Weight (WW), giving the average of TS, VS and WW over the 10 year period and also providing a minimum (-20%) and maximum (+20%) for TS and VS. Total Solids has been chosen as the TOTAL_RESIDUES mapping unit to display because TS represents all dry matter and covers more end-use options. TS can be used as a solid fuel (combustion/cofiring/boilers), for syngas (gasification) and for bio-oil/biochar/syngas (pyrolysis) while VS is mainly only used in anaerobic digestion (biogas/biomethane). Presenting the data spatially by TS fits with the existing BioSMART tool modules and those being developed. Some SA2 regions were merged and the results were combined. Most commonly merged regions were built up areas contained wholly within the same regional area (i.e. Goulburn and Goulburn Region were merged) or adjacent regions that were either small or built up areas. For more information on the derivation of the residue volumes please contact the NSW Forest Science unit (https://www.dpi.nsw.gov.au/forestry/science/forest-carbon/abba) and look at: Piggery FSA Consulting (2011) ‘National Environmental Guidelines for Piggeries, Second Edition (Revised)’, Prepared by FSA Consulting for: Australian Pork Limited, APL Project No 2008/2231. https://www.leap-consulting.com.au/uploads/4/2/9/0/42901589/national-environmental-guidelines-for-piggeries.pdf McGahan EJ et al. (2010) ‘Estimates of Manure Production from Animals for Methane Production’, RIRDC Publication No. 10/151, RIRDC Project No. PRJ-002831. https://agrifutures.com.au/wp-content/uploads/publications/10-151.pdf Tabular data: ABS ‘Agricultural Commodities, Australia’, Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian Statistical Geography Standard (ASGS) editions by Financial Year (FY) for 10 years from 2011-12FY to 2020-21FY, where census years 2015-16 and 2020-21 provide data at the finer scale of Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2) and all other years provide the data at the larger scale of SA4 level to derive manure residues. https://www.abs.gov.au/statistics/industry/agriculture/agricultural-commodities-australia Last updated in March 2026.

Copyright Text: NSW Forest Science, Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development – Forestry

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