A design for a generic and modular bio-economic farm model

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of European beef production systems based on a farm-level optimization model

“…In contrast, mathematical modelling is a tool that captures decision-making, inter alia, in food production systems (Djekic et al 2018). For instance, farm models, like the FarmDyn model, focus on a farmscale analysis and are frequently used for assessing environmental impacts (Britz et al 2021). Their scope at the farm-level as the key decision-making unit allows capturing economic, environmental, and social impacts of management scenarios and policies (Reidsma et al 2018).…”

Using a bio-economic farm model to evaluate the economic potential and pesticide load reduction of the greenRelease technology

“…For all costs and reduction levels, the bio-economic farm model FarmDyn (Britz et al, 2021) provides results for the adoption decision on the greenRelease technology and the pesticide load reduction. Subsequent, the methodology is described in detail.…”

“…It allows to capture economic and environmental flows of farming activities in detail, which is the most important model attribute for the study at hand. FarmDyn has been used for diverse applications, such as compliance costs calculation (Kuhn et al, 2019) or technology impact assessment (Pahmeyer and Britz, 2020), and been extensively described in scientific literature (see Britz et al, 2021 for recent overview).…”

Exploring Rotational Grazing and Crossbreeding as Options for Beef Production to Reduce GHG Emissions and Feed-Food Competition through Farm-Level Bio-Economic Modeling

“…Mathematical programming models are a common approach to investigating the impact of innovations at the farm level and assessing the sustainability of agricultural production (e.g., [ 17 ]). Models at the farm scale, such as the FarmDyn model, focus on analysis at the farm level and are frequently used for assessing environmental and economic impacts [ 18 ]. The focus on the farm level as the key decision-making unit allows for capturing the impacts of management scenarios and farmers’ adaptation to changing conditions [ 19 , 20 ].…”