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===Livestock===
===Livestock===
MAGNET distinguishes the livestock commodities of beef and other ruminant meats, dairy cattle (grass- and crop-fed), and a category ‘other animals’ (e.g. chickens and pigs) that is primarily crop-fed. The modelling of the livestock sector includes different feedstuffs, including feed crops, co-products from biofuels (e.g. oil cakes from rapeseed-based biofuel, or distillers grain from wheat-based biofuels), and grass ([[Woltjer, 2011]]. Grass may be substituted by feed from crops, in the case of ruminants.  
MAGNET distinguishes the livestock commodities of beef and other ruminant meats, dairy cattle (grass- and crop-fed), and a category ‘other animals’ (e.g. chickens and pigs) that is primarily crop-fed. The modelling of the livestock sector includes different feedstuffs, including feed crops, co-products from biofuels (e.g. oil cakes from rapeseed-based biofuel, or distillers grain from wheat-based biofuels), and grass ([[Woltjer, 2011]]. Grass may be substituted by feed from crops, in the case of ruminants.  


===Land supply in MAGNET===
===Land supply in MAGNET===

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