Table 1 Metrics of scale and input intensification used to create clusters based on feeding strategy

Scale

 Cattle (head)

Number of cattle owned

 Livestock unit

Total livestock ownership (all species)*

Supplementary feed/fodder

 Concentrate purchased (kg/head/year)

Including grains and root crops

 Concentrate grown (kg/head/year)

Including grains and root crops

 Roughage purchased (kg/head/year)

Including natural hay**, silage, cultivated hays (sainfoin, lucerne) and crop residues

 Roughage produced (kg/head/year)

Including natural hay, silage, cultivated hays (sainfoin, lucerne) and crop residues

 Area of arable land used

Arable land was defined as land for growing crops

Pasture use and livestock mobility

 Pasture used (ha)

The question asked about formal access to pasture in terms of contracts. So does not include the use of village pasture.

 Time spent on off-village pasture (months)

Number of months spent on pastures other than those common pastures around the village for which residents have common grazing rights.