Cauliflowers and broccoli

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR guides foreground data package construction for fresh, unprocessed cauliflowers and broccoli produced in a declared annual crop cycle. The default boundary starts when seed or transplant material is ready to establish the crop and ends when marketable heads or florets leave the farm at the declared farm-gate hand-off. It covers soil preparation, crop establishment, field management, irrigation, fertilization, crop protection, harvest, trimming, field or on-farm sorting, and primary washing, cooling, or packaging when these activities occur before the hand-off.

The category is shared by cauliflower and broccoli because both are annual brassica crops harvested as immature flowering structures and require the same core foreground accounting pattern. The data package must identify which product is represented and must not combine the two products unless yields, inputs, quality criteria, and allocation are recorded separately before aggregation. Seed multiplication, nursery production before purchased planting material, protected cultivation with material climate-control infrastructure, distribution, retail, cooking, freezing, drying, pickling, fermentation, and other processing are outside the default boundary.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.cauliflowers-and-broccoli
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01213 Cauliflowers and broccoli; mapping relation: exact
covered_products	Fresh marketable cauliflower heads, broccoli heads, or broccoli florets delivered at the declared farm-gate hand-off
excluded_products	Seed and transplants sold as planting material; other cabbages; processed, frozen, dried, pickled, fermented, cooked, or retail-prepared cauliflower or broccoli
representative_product	Fresh saleable cauliflower or broccoli at farm gate
production_route	Annual soil-based crop establishment, managed field production, harvest, trimming and sorting, with optional on-farm washing, cooling, or primary packaging
market_state	Fresh and unprocessed product in the declared cultivar, maturity, grade, trimming, washing, cooling, and packaging state

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Fresh marketable cauliflower or broccoli at the declared farm-gate hand-off
How much	1,000 kg
How well	Product is fresh, unprocessed, and saleable under the declared crop identity, maturity, head or floret grade, trimming, defect tolerance, and moisture state
How long or cycle	One declared annual crop cycle and harvest year, normalized after reconciling field output, rejects, and trimming
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Fresh cauliflower or broccoli, farm-gate output
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Units of mass 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	product identity (cauliflower or broccoli); cultivar or variety; production geography; crop year and cycle dates; cultivation system; irrigated or rain-fed status; harvest maturity; grade and size; trimming state; washing and cooling; packaging state; farm-gate hand-off

When constructing a foreground data package, the items listed in Required qualifiers must be declared in dataset metadata, process notes, reference flow comment, product description, or an equivalent data package field. Missing required qualifiers make the reference flow definition incomplete for that data package.

Each foreground dataset must explicitly select one actual route, declared gate, product state and output row. Reconcile the selected terminal route with reference_product_at_declared_handoff; normalize that handoff output to the reference quantity and retain preceding-stage outputs as measured transfers. Raw weighing, mass reconciliation and lot traceability requirements continue to apply.

The sole reference output is reference_product_at_declared_handoff, receiving the selected actual route product at the declared gate. Existing route-output ids identify the source and physical state; they are no longer individually fixed to the reference quantity.

4. Measurement and Unit Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Required property	Required unit	Rule
reference_product_mass	marketable heads or florets and all product, reject, and trim mass rows	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Weigh product on the declared farm-gate state. Keep harvested mass, marketable output, rejects, trims, and field losses separate before normalization.
crop_identity_separation	cauliflower and broccoli records	Product identity	declared product	Record cauliflower and broccoli as separate crop identities. Aggregate them only after each product has a reconciled field-year inventory and an explicit aggregation rule.
nutrient_product_basis	fertilizer and amendment inputs	Mass	kg product and kg nutrient	Give every actual fertilizer or amendment product its own card, retaining physical product mass, formulation, nutrient composition and application records. Nutrient quantities are not additional inputs of the same product; collection or group identifiers cannot substitute for a concrete flow identity.
water_delivery_basis	irrigation and water withdrawal	Volume	m3	Record source-specific withdrawal and delivered irrigation separately from rainfall, and disclose the irrigation technology and metering basis.
land_occupation_basis	occupied crop area	Area-time	m2*a	Record field area and the occupied crop period before normalizing occupation to the crop cycle and reference output.
moisture_and_trim_basis	harvest, cooling, washing, and packing	Mass and moisture	kg and percent	Retain as-is mass and any measured moisture or water gain/loss. Do not use washing or cooling mass change as product yield without a documented reconciliation.

5. System Boundary

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Seed or transplant material ready for establishment in the declared production field, with prior land use and any nursery stage disclosed
starting_condition_role	Beginning of the annual cauliflower or broccoli crop cycle
product_classification_scope	Fresh cauliflower and broccoli products classified under CPC 3.0 01213 through farm-gate hand-off
recursive_input_rule	A product-category material used as planting or market input is recorded at its actual hand-off state and linked to its upstream dataset; the upstream crop boundary is not recreated inside this record.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use representative upstream datasets for seed or transplants, nutrient products, crop-protection products, supplied water, fuels, electricity, packaging, and waste treatment or transport services when they cross the boundary.
disclosure	Declare product identity, field and production geography, crop year, cultivar, crop duration, planting material, irrigation source and method, nutrient basis, crop-protection program, harvest and grading method, washing or cooling, packaging, yield, residue and reject fates, and farm-gate state.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_annual_crop	field preparation and crop production	Include inputs and emissions attributable to the declared annual crop cycle from planting-material hand-off through harvest; disclose prior land use and exclude unrelated historical field burdens.	fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56; ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
boundary_farm_gate	harvest and primary handling	End the default boundary at transfer of fresh marketable cauliflower or broccoli at the declared farm gate. Include on-farm trimming, sorting, washing, cooling, and packaging only when they occur before transfer.	usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard
boundary_input_completeness	all foreground production	Address planting material, nutrients, crop protection, irrigation, land occupation, field energy, harvest energy, primary handling utilities, packaging, and direct field emissions with a value, justified zero, or documented exclusion.	fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56; ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
boundary_residue_fate	field residues, rejects, and trims	Identify whether each residue stream is returned to soil, left in field, fed, composted, treated, transported, sold, or discarded. Do not treat an unqualified residue as a co-product.	iso-14044-2006; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
crop_establishment_and_field_management	Crop establishment and field management	required	every represented field and crop year	foreground managed biological production	field area, crop cycle, and marketable crop output
harvest_and_farm_gate_preparation	Harvest and farm-gate preparation	required	every represented harvest lot	foreground harvesting, trimming, sorting, and hand-off	1,000 kg marketable fresh product
on_farm_cooling_and_packaging	On-farm cooling and primary packaging	conditional	when cooling, washing, or packaging occurs before farm-gate transfer	foreground primary conditioning	packed or cooled output at the declared hand-off
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Crop establishment and field management (crop_establishment_and_field_management)

Inputs

Product flows

Urea fertilizer (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_urea)

Collection scope and applicability for crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Collect each fertilizer product separately. Preserve each actual product identity, quantity, formulation, nutrient composition, application event, and allocation; do not count a compound product more than once. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Urea 3f8850c0-f718-4c4b-8fcb-8fd42e03aa8e
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Ammonium sulfate fertilizer (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_ammonium_sulfate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Ammonium sulfate 8c6f0cbb-16d7-4dc9-8d55-e8dea17d7faf
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-fertilizer-identities

Use this product identity only when the actual formulation and grade are compatible. Retain supplier composition and mass records; do not substitute nutrient mass, dilute solution mass or service activity for the product mass. The UUID alone supplies neither a dose nor an emission factor.

Triple superphosphate fertilizer (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_triple_superphosphate)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Triple superphosphate fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-fertilizer-identities

Potassium chloride fertilizer (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_potassium_chloride)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Potassium chloride fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-fertilizer-identities

Cattle manure applied as fertilizer (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_cattle_manure)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure applied as fertilizer
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-organic-nutrients

Composted plant residues applied to soil (crop_establishment_and_field_management_agricultural_nutrient_inputs_plant_compost)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the UUID remains unverified. Count physical product mass once and retain moisture, N/P/K composition and application events; nutrient quantities are calculated attributes, not additional purchases of the same product. Give unlisted compound and organic fertilizers separate cards identified by formulation or feedstock.

• Selected flow: Composted plant residues applied to soil
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records
• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-organic-nutrients

Irrigation water (irrigation_water_input)

Record source-specific water delivered to the crop and distinguish it from rainfall and source withdrawal.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water supplied to crop

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Sum metered or otherwise documented deliveries by field and crop cycle; record pumping energy separately.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_irrigation_and_water_records

• Sources: fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56

• Range: Irrigation water screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1500
  • Unit: m3/ha
  • Basis: represented crop field and crop cycle
  • Basis kind: crop_cycle
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Diesel fuel (field_energy_input_diesel)

Only for documented diesel-powered machinery within this operation. Retain fuel grade and formulation; convert recorded volume with measured or supplier-supported density. Other powertrains require their actual carrier, not a diesel equivalent. Apply field_energy_input_specific_input; this example is not mandatory. Do not double count inclusive machinery services or a purchased-electricity supply for electricity transferred internally from an on-site generator. Actual fuel combustion and generator emissions remain separately accountable.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66 / kg
• Amount rule: Collect this carrier under cp_field_energy_records for crop_establishment_and_field_management. Attribute shared use once; scale attributed raw quantity by the declared reference amount divided by matched accepted final output quantity in the same product unit, retaining measured stage throughput and original allocation rules. Do not normalize an already normalized amount again.
• Value mode: calculated_value
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: calculated_from_collection
• Collection protocol: cp_field_energy_records
• Sources: route-energy-fao

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Occupied agricultural land (land_occupation_input)

Record the area and occupation period of the field used for the declared crop cycle.

• Selected flow: Agricultural land occupation

• Flow property / unit: Area-time / m2*a

• Amount rule: Field area multiplied by the declared crop occupation period, including fallow or inter-crop periods only when within the stated land-use representation.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_and_output_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Occupied-area screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 100
  • Upper: 100000
  • Unit: m2*a/1,000 kg product
  • Basis: reference output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Elementary flows

Direct nitrous oxide from managed soil (direct_n2o_emission)

Calculate direct soil N2O from accounted nitrogen inputs using the selected IPCC method tier and disclose the factor and conversion.

• Selected flow: Nitrous oxide to air from managed agricultural soil

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg N2O

• Amount rule: Calculate kg N2O-N with the selected method, then multiply by 44/28 for the final kg N2O exchange; do not repeat conversion for factors already expressed as N2O mass. Retain nitrogen activity, factors and accepted output for the same period.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o

• Range: Provisional author screening estimate; endpoints are not IPCC limits

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 30
  • Unit: kg N2O-N/1,000 kg product
  • Basis: accounted field nitrogen and reference output
  • Basis kind: n_input
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

The screening range remains on the kg N2O-N basis; apply the same 44/28 conversion when checking the final N2O exchange. It is a provisional reasoned estimate, not an IPCC default emission factor.

Ammonia emission (field_nitrogen_emissions)

Report ammonia emitted to air when the selected method or foreground package includes it; retain pollutant species and receiving medium. Any nitrogen-oxide species is a separate foreground requirement and is not represented by this ammonia binding.

• Selected flow: Ammonia to air from managed agricultural soil

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg substance

• Amount rule: Calculate ammonia from documented nitrogen inputs, application method, and selected emission factor; keep every other nitrogen-oxide species separate.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o

• Range: Nitrogen-air emission screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 40
  • Unit: kg substance/1,000 kg product
  • Basis: accounted field nitrogen and reference output
  • Basis kind: n_input
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Product flows

Harvested cauliflower or broccoli before grading (harvested_crop_output)

This internal output is the weighed crop leaving the field before trimming, grading, and farm-gate rejection decisions.

• Selected flow: Harvested cauliflower or broccoli, field output

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Sum calibrated scale or harvest-ticket mass by field, harvest date, product identity, and lot.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per harvest campaign and per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_and_output_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Harvest-to-marketable-output screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1000
  • Upper: 3000
  • Unit: kg harvested crop/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: reconciled field output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Field residue and unmarketable crop material (field_residue_output)

Record leaves, stalks, immature heads, and other crop material remaining in the field or removed during harvest, with the destination specified.

• Selected flow: Cauliflower or broccoli field residue and unmarketable crop material

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet matter

• Amount rule: Measure or calculate residue from field and harvest records; report field return, removal, feed, compost, treatment, and disposal separately.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_fate_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Residue and unmarketable material screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 2500
  • Unit: kg wet matter/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: reconciled field and harvest output
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Trim and grading rejects (trim_and_reject_output)

Record product rejected or trimmed during sorting and preparation separately from field residue and identify its destination.

• Selected flow: Cauliflower or broccoli trim and grading rejects

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet matter

• Amount rule: Reconcile rejected and trimmed lots against incoming harvested mass and marketable output.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_fate_records

• Sources: usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard

• Range: Trim and grading-reject screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1000
  • Unit: kg wet matter/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: harvested crop input to grading
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Product flows

Marketable fresh product hand-off (marketable_farm_gate_output)

This output is the declared reference product after all in-scope harvest, trimming, grading, washing, cooling, and primary packaging operations.

• Selected flow: Fresh marketable cauliflower or broccoli at farm gate 58bab506-1b56-4206-97c8-d0d0f6391442

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Use calibrated farm-gate or dispatch scale mass after quality and grade acceptance.

• Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: 1,000 kg reference product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_farm_gate_output_records

• Sources: usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard

• Range: Marketable-output screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 950
  • Upper: 1100
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg reference product
  • Basis: accepted farm-gate product
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Process: Harvest and farm-gate preparation (harvest_and_farm_gate_preparation)

Inputs

Product flows

Harvested crop received for preparation (harvested_crop_input)

Harvested cauliflower or broccoli enters preparation from the corresponding field-year and lot records.

• Selected flow: Harvested cauliflower or broccoli, field output

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Equal the corresponding weighed field output for the same product, lot, and harvest period.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_and_output_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Harvest-input screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1000
  • Upper: 3000
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: harvested crop input
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Electricity at the equipment supply point (harvest_energy_input_electricity)

Collection scope and applicability for harvest_energy_input. The following concrete identities have separate cards and apply only when use or generation is evidenced inside the original process scope. They are not mandatory inputs or a default recipe. Document non-use; missing records are not zero. Add a separate concrete card for any other actual material instead of substituting one of these names or UUIDs. Preserve attribution and boundaries and avoid double counting components included in outsourced services.

Record fuel or electricity used by harvest machinery, contracted harvest operations, conveyors, and field-to-farm-gate handling. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Alternating current 455f0ef5-6118-4f2b-a3f5-1f75e0afe3ca
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_harvest_and_handling_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_and_handling_energy_records
• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-agricultural-energy

This binding is alternating current at the use point with supply technology, voltage and provider unspecified. Confirm actual AC supply; DC requires a different identity. The database reference is 1 MJ: preserve meter kWh and convert once using 1 kWh = 3.6 MJ when linking reference quantities. Internal generation links to its foreground generator, without an additional purchased-electricity burden.

Diesel fuel supplied to equipment (harvest_energy_input_diesel)

Confirm identity, grade, state and unit from equipment, supplier and contemporaneous measurements; the product UUID does not establish actual use or upstream-provider compatibility. Retain the electricity supply point, fuel grade, density and heating-value basis. Distinguish purchased heat from on-site fuel conversion without counting its input fuel again.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel 9d258d75-6792-4f1c-9856-81602ed8f816
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Collect raw quantities for this identity under cp_harvest_and_handling_energy_records and calculate the exchange per declared reference flow using the original attribution rules.
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_and_handling_energy_records
• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004; fao-agricultural-energy

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Marketable product sent to optional primary conditioning (conditioning_input_output)

When optional washing, cooling, or packaging is in scope, the graded marketable product is handed to that process without changing its product identity.

• Selected flow: Graded fresh cauliflower or broccoli

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Equal the accepted graded mass entering the optional conditioning process.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_farm_gate_output_records

• Sources: usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard

• Range: Graded-product screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 950
  • Upper: 1100
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: accepted graded product
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Harvest and preparation losses (harvest_preparation_loss)

Record losses that leave the harvest and preparation boundary, including damaged heads, dropped product, and unexplained mass only after investigation and declared fate.

• Selected flow: Harvest and preparation loss with declared fate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg wet matter

• Amount rule: Calculate as the reconciled difference between harvest input, marketable output, recorded trims, and recorded rejects.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_residue_and_reject_fate_records

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Preparation-loss screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 1000
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: harvested crop input
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Elementary flows

Process: On-farm cooling and primary packaging (on_farm_cooling_and_packaging)

Inputs

Product flows

Graded product for washing or cooling (graded_product_for_conditioning)

Include this input only when washing, hydrocooling, forced-air cooling, or another primary conditioning operation occurs before the farm-gate hand-off.

• Selected flow: Graded fresh cauliflower or broccoli for primary conditioning

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Weigh the accepted graded product entering the conditioning line and preserve lot identity.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_and_packaging_records

• Sources: usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard

• Range: Conditioning-input screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 950
  • Upper: 1100
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: accepted graded product entering conditioning
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Conditioning water (conditioning_water_input)

Record water used for washing, hydrocooling, or sanitation when it crosses the primary-conditioning boundary.

• Selected flow: Process water for washing or cooling

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: Use meter, batch, or tank records and distinguish make-up water, recirculated water, and wastewater discharge.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_and_packaging_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Conditioning-water screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 20
  • Unit: m3/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: washing and cooling line throughput
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Conditioning electricity (conditioning_electricity_input)

Record electricity for pumps, refrigeration, forced-air cooling, lighting, and conveyors used before the declared farm-gate hand-off.

• Selected flow: Purchased electricity for primary conditioning

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Meter or equipment record allocated to product throughput and conditioning duration.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg marketable farm-gate product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_and_packaging_records

• Sources: fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004

• Range: Conditioning-electricity screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 0
  • Upper: 120
  • Unit: kWh/1,000 kg marketable product
  • Basis: conditioning-line throughput
  • Basis kind: process_output
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Outputs

Waste flows

Product flows

Cooled or packed farm-gate product (cooled_or_packed_farm_gate_output)

This conditional output is the same reference product after any in-scope washing, cooling, and primary packaging, with the final state declared.

• Selected flow: Fresh cauliflower or broccoli after on-farm primary conditioning

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: Use the final accepted dispatch or farm-gate scale mass after conditioning and packaging.

• Amount rule: measured net transfer mass, retaining lot, actual product state and moisture basis; reconcile to the final reference output at the declared handoff

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: 1,000 kg reference product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_farm_gate_output_records

• Sources: usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard

• Range: Conditioned-output screening interval

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 950
  • Upper: 1100
  • Unit: kg/1,000 kg reference product
  • Basis: accepted conditioned farm-gate product
  • Basis kind: reference_flow
  • Evidence kind: Reasoned estimate (reasoned_estimate)

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Process: Product Measurement at the Declared Handoff (declared_reference_handoff)

This node records the actual product handoff at the existing system boundary for reconciliation and reference-quantity normalization. It adds no physical processing and does not presume drying, cooling, storage, packaging or transport. Each data package declares one actual route, one terminal product state, moisture or dry-matter basis, and gate. Feed only the accepted product delivered by that route at that gate into this node; do not add other routes as extra inputs. Record co-products separately and apply Section 7. Count preceding inputs, losses and emissions once. Normalize using the measured accepted net mass at the handoff; this measurement node changes neither mass, yield nor allocation.

Inputs

Product flows

Actual route product at handoff (actual_route_product_for_handoff)

Record the accepted product delivered by the actual terminal route and reconcile it with handoff weighing and lot records.

• Selected flow: Fresh cauliflower or broccoli, farm-gate output
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: measured accepted net product mass at the actual handoff, normalized to the reference quantity; do not sum preceding-stage quantities, other routes or co-products
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff
• Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
  • Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

This measurement node adds no waste inputs.

Elementary flows

This measurement node adds no resource inputs.

Outputs

Product flows

Reference product at declared handoff (reference_product_at_declared_handoff)

• Selected flow: Fresh cauliflower or broccoli, farm-gate output
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: 1000 kg
• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)
• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific)
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)
• Collection protocol: cp_declared_reference_handoff Confirm the product UUID independently for the actual state. Until confirmed, retain unresolved identity instead of inheriting a UUID from a preceding stage or another route.
• Range: Handoff quantity normalization identity
  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1
  • Upper: 1
  • Unit: kg/kg net handoff mass of the same state
  • Basis: normalization of the measured net mass of the same handoff state; not a physical-operation yield
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: declared-handoff-measurement-definition

Waste flows

Record actual losses at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

Elementary flows

Record actual emissions at the operation where they occur; do not duplicate them here.

7. Allocation and Co-product Handling

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_subdivision_priority	shared field and handling operations	First subdivide field operations, harvest lots, product identities, conditioning runs, and packaging records wherever separate measurements exist.	iso-14044-2006
allocation_cauliflower_broccoli_aggregation	cauliflower and broccoli produced by one farm or shared operation	Keep cauliflower and broccoli separate through inventory reconciliation. Aggregate only by declared mass or another justified allocation basis after product-specific records are complete.	iso-14044-2006; mass-balance-identity
allocation_rejects_and_residues	rejects, trims, and field residues	Treat rejects and residues as waste unless a documented buyer, quantity, specification, and destination establish a co-product. If allocation remains necessary, document the physical or economic basis and sensitivity.	iso-14044-2006

Concrete cards do not inherit numerical ranges from the former aggregate card. Determine quantities from original records, stock/meter reconciliation and the declared reference flow; no default quantity or numeric screen is supplied without evidence matching the identity, unit, period and boundary. Missing range evidence is a quality disclosure, not zero use or proof of completeness.

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
allocation_residual_precedence	remaining common burden with no specified primary branch	Resolve any study-specific joint-product instruction in this PCR that has no specified primary branch using this precedence; retain an already explicitly prescribed category-specific primary method. First directly assign separable output-specific activities. For the remaining common burden B, use a physical driver d_i only when measured operation or biological-service records demonstrate the causal consumption represented by that driver. A product being weighable, valuable or lower grade alone is insufficient; do not switch arbitrarily between area, time, mass and revenue. For comparable grades receiving the same common handling, measured processed mass is applicable only with the same service demand, state and moisture basis demonstrated. Share a_i=d_i/sum(d_j); B_i=Ba_i. If no defensible causal physical driver exists for that common operation, use gate- and period-matched economic shares a_i=(q_ip_i)/sum(q_j*p_j), with the complete independently intended output set, compatible quantity/price units, currency, representative prices and values before output-specific downstream processing. Missing price or denominator evidence makes the allocated result incomplete, not a zero-priced product or a single-output system. Report shares summing to one and sensitivity to a material alternative; an alternative is not an interchangeable primary result. Waste, retained residues and internal transfers receive no co-product share, while their attributable production/handling burdens remain with the producing saleable route. Retain unallocated physical quantities and mass balances separately. This branch gives no automatic substitution credit; any separately scoped substitution analysis retains the gross inventory and its actual displaced-function evidence.	ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Specific input identification before dataset completion

Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.

requirement_id	collection_protocol_id	Preserved collection scope
crop_protection_input_specific_input	cp_crop_protection_records	Operation crop_establishment_and_field_management: Record each herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, biological control, or adjuvant product by formulation and active ingredient where available. Original quantity method: Reconcile purchase, application, stock, and field records; retain active-ingredient concentration separately.
field_energy_input_specific_input	cp_field_energy_records	Operation crop_establishment_and_field_management: Record mobile-machinery fuel used for soil preparation, planting, fertigation, spraying, irrigation pumping, and field maintenance. Material field electricity is recorded as a separate carrier in the foreground package. Original quantity method: Use machine, contractor, fuel, meter, or invoice records and allocate shared operations by field area or harvested mass.
primary_packaging_input_specific_input	cp_conditioning_and_packaging_records	Operation on_farm_cooling_and_packaging: Record packaging material that crosses the boundary before farm-gate transfer, including crates, film, cartons, labels, and reusable-container service. Original quantity method: Reconcile purchased, returned, reused, and discarded packaging by material and number of packed units.

Retain raw site, lot, cycle and stage quantities and denominators in each collection protocol. Reconcile stocks, losses, moisture and co-product attribution first, then normalize: normalized exchange = attributable raw exchange × declared reference quantity / accepted hand-off product quantity on the same boundary and measurement basis. Apply perennial-establishment and shared-operation attribution before this normalization. Never set an internal-transfer quantity equal to the final reference quantity. Per declared reference flow means the amount, unit and product state in section 3; the data package must declare its actual route and gate.

Data Collection Protocols

protocol_id	process_id	flow_role	record_type	raw_fields	collection_method	unit	frequency	temporal_coverage	site_scope	aggregation_rule	quality_evidence
cp_planting_material_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	planting material	purchase, nursery, and planting record	field_id; product; cultivar; seed_or_transplant_form; lot; viable_units; mass; date; failures; replacements	reconcile invoices, labels, planting logs, and field acceptance; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product and field and preserve failed or replaced units	plant; g; kg	per planting event	complete crop establishment	every represented field	per declared reference flow	labels, invoices, planting logs, lot records
cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	nutrients and soil amendments	invoice, label, application, and laboratory record	field_id; date; product; product_mass; N; P2O5; K2O; dry_matter; application_method; incorporation; source	reconcile purchases, applications, nutrient analyses, and stock movements; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by nutrient and product after field-year reconciliation	kg product; kg nutrient; percent	per application	complete crop cycle	every represented field	per declared reference flow	invoices, labels, analyses, application logs
cp_irrigation_and_water_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	irrigation and withdrawal	meter, pump, invoice, or water-right record	field_id; source; meter; date; withdrawal; delivered_volume; pumping_energy; method; rainfall_basis	use calibrated meter or documented source and distinguish withdrawal from delivery; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by source and separate withdrawal, delivery, and return	m3; kWh	per event or period	irrigation season and crop cycle	each field and water source	per declared reference flow	meter calibration, readings, invoices, water records
cp_crop_protection_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	crop protection	purchase and application record	field_id; date; formulation; active_ingredient; product_mass; concentration; area; method; target; re-entry or disposal	reconcile product, active ingredient, application, and stock records; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by formulation and active ingredient and retain application date crop_protection_input_specific_input: Operation crop_establishment_and_field_management: Record each herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, biological control, or adjuvant product by formulation and active ingredient where available. Original quantity method: Reconcile purchase, application, stock, and field records; retain active-ingredient concentration separately. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	kg product; kg active ingredient; ha	per application	complete crop cycle	every represented field	per declared reference flow	labels, invoices, application logs, licensed applicator records
cp_field_energy_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	field energy	fuel, machine, contractor, or meter record	field_id; date; operation; machine; fuel_or_electricity; quantity; area; harvested_mass	use machine logs, contractor invoices, fuel records, or meters; Raw aggregation and attribution: allocate shared operation to fields by area or measured output field_energy_input_specific_input: Operation crop_establishment_and_field_management: Record mobile-machinery fuel used for soil preparation, planting, fertigation, spraying, irrigation pumping, and field maintenance. Material field electricity is recorded as a separate carrier in the foreground package. Original quantity method: Use machine, contractor, fuel, meter, or invoice records and allocate shared operations by field area or harvested mass. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default.	L; kg; kWh; MJ	per operation or period	complete crop cycle	field and farm	per declared reference flow	invoices, telematics, fuel logs, meter records
cp_field_and_output_records	crop_establishment_and_field_management	land, crop output, and field residue	field map, harvest, and residue record	field_id; product_identity; cultivar; area; dates; crop_duration; harvested_mass; field_loss; residue_mass; moisture; fate	combine field map, calibrated scales, harvest tickets, and residue disposition; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile each product and field before cross-farm aggregation	ha; date; kg; percent	per harvest and annual close	full crop year	every represented field	per declared reference flow	field map, scale calibration, harvest tickets, disposition records
cp_harvest_and_handling_energy_records	harvest_and_farm_gate_preparation	harvest and handling energy	machine, contractor, meter, or invoice record	lot_id; date; operation; machine; carrier; quantity; harvested_mass; duration	link energy record to harvest lot or allocate by documented throughput; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by lot and operation and disclose allocation	L; kg; kWh; MJ	per harvest event or period	harvest window	harvest operation and facility	per declared reference flow	invoices, machine logs, meters, throughput records
cp_residue_and_reject_fate_records	harvest_and_farm_gate_preparation	field residues, trims, rejects, and losses	lot, field, waste, feed, compost, or transfer record	field_or_lot; stream; mass; moisture; reason; fate; destination; date	retain scale ticket, field log, transfer, sales, treatment, or disposal evidence; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by stream and fate; do not merge with accepted product	kg; percent	per event or campaign	crop cycle and harvest	every field and handling line	per declared reference flow	scale tickets, disposition records, receipts, treatment records
cp_conditioning_and_packaging_records	on_farm_cooling_and_packaging	water, electricity, packaging, wastewater, and conditioning output	batch, meter, packaging, and waste record	batch_id; input_mass; water; electricity; cooling_time; packaging_type; packaging_mass; output_mass; reject_mass; wastewater; destination	link batch records to lot and reconcile input, utilities, packaging, wastes, and output; Raw aggregation and attribution: aggregate only after batch-level reconciliation primary_packaging_input_specific_input: Operation on_farm_cooling_and_packaging: Record packaging material that crosses the boundary before farm-gate transfer, including crates, film, cartons, labels, and reusable-container service. Original quantity method: Reconcile purchased, returned, reused, and discarded packaging by material and number of packed units. Identify the actual input for this operation from supplier specifications, equipment and primary records. This is a mandatory collection requirement, not an exchange. Before dataset completeness, represent each used material, formulated product, carrier or independently purchased service by one physically specific card with its native quantity/property; confirm a compatible UUID, or retain an explicit unresolved identity and do not claim a fully linked dataset. Do not substitute a conditional example for an unknown actual input, invent a recipe, omit required use or infer zero from missing records. Attribute shared use, reusable assets and inclusive services once; preserve the original stage/period and measured throughput link to final reference output. The former aggregate range is not a component limit or consumption default. conditioning_waste_output_specific_output: Record wastewater, wash solids, damaged product, and discarded packaging separately and identify the receiving treatment or destination. Measure or calculate from line records and reconcile to conditioning inputs and farm-gate output. This is a mandatory output-identification requirement, not an aggregate exchange. Preserve every actual co-product, reject, packaging waste and treatment stream in this operation. Before dataset completeness create separate cards for physically distinct streams, with actual material/state, quantity, destination and Product/Waste role. A genuinely mixed waste stream may remain one physically defined mixture with measured composition; do not invent separation or count its components again. Keep unlike units separate, retain the original allocation and reference normalization, and reconcile the output balance. Identify actual functions before co-product allocation; waste does not acquire a co-product share merely by having mass. Confirm a compatible UUID or explicitly retain its unresolved identity. Missing records never establish zero or exclusion. mass-balance-identity	kg; m3; kWh; h	per batch or shift	complete in-scope conditioning period	each line and cold room	per declared reference flow	calibrated scales, meters, packaging issue records, waste receipts
cp_farm_gate_output_records	harvest_and_farm_gate_preparation	marketable reference output	dispatch, scale, and quality record	lot_id; product_identity; source_field; date; mass; grade; maturity; trim_state; wash_state; cooling_state; packaging_state; destination	use calibrated dispatch scale and product acceptance record; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum accepted lots and preserve product-specific qualifiers	kg; percent	per lot or dispatch	complete harvest and hand-off period	farm and declared gate	per declared reference flow	scale calibration, grade sheet, dispatch ticket
cp_declared_reference_handoff	declared_reference_handoff	reference_product_at_declared_handoff	handoff weighing and acceptance records	route, terminal_output_row_id, product_state, gate, lot, net_mass_kg, moisture_basis, acceptance, tare	Use calibrated scales or traceable weighing records; reconcile the actual terminal-operation handoff lot, accepted net mass, product state and moisture; exclude packaging tare and do not sum preceding-stage quantities.	kg	each handoff lot	declared reporting period	declared handoff gate	per declared reference flow	calibration or weighing tickets, acceptance and lot traceability

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_nutrient_equivalent	fertilizer and amendment inputs	Formulated product mass multiplied by documented nutrient fraction equals nutrient-equivalent input; retain product and nutrient values separately.	product mass; nutrient analysis; application record	kg N, kg P2O5, and kg K2O by field-year	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o; fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004
calc_land_occupation	field land occupation	Field area multiplied by declared occupation duration, normalized to marketable reference output.	field area; crop duration; crop output	m2*a per reference output	fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004
calc_direct_soil_n2o	managed-soil emissions	Apply the selected IPCC factor and tier to accounted nitrogen inputs; convert N2O-N to N2O only when required and disclose the conversion.	accounted N; method factor; conversion basis	direct N2O-N or N2O per reference output	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
calc_irrigation_delivery	irrigation water	Sum source-specific metered delivery, keep withdrawal and delivery distinct, and normalize to marketable output.	withdrawal; delivery; return; crop output	m3 delivered and withdrawn per reference output	fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56
calc_product_specific_aggregation	cauliflower and broccoli combined reporting	Complete separate product-specific balances first; mass-weight only reconciled product records when an aggregate result is requested.	product-specific inventories; marketable masses	aggregated inventory per reference output	iso-14044-2006
calc_farm_gate_mass_balance	harvest, grading, and conditioning	Harvested input plus measured mass gain or loss equals marketable output plus trims, rejects, residues, wastewater solids, and explained loss on a common basis.	input and output scale records; moisture; waste records	reconciled lot balance	mass-balance-identity
planting_material_input_identity_and_fate	crop_establishment_and_field_management	For the original planting_material_input collection role at this operation, identify the actual physical form, species/material, composition, state and supply/treatment boundary before creating exchanges. Each seed lot, transplant, crown, cutting, larval stage, formulation, coating, preservative or separated residue actually used/generated requires its own concrete card where relevant to this role; these examples are alternatives, not a required recipe. Retain existing collection records and route-specific source evidence. Count-based planting records require measured or supplier-supported mass-per-unit when matched to a mass-based provider; retain count and mass as linked attributes rather than two purchases. Do not merge separate husk/shell or separate agents. A real mixed stream requires composition and recipient evidence and is counted once. Before completeness, record every applicable amount and native unit, link a compatible verified UUID or explicitly unresolved identity, preserve stock/return attribution, and normalize the attributable raw quantity once to the accepted reference output. Missing records are not zero; aggregate ranges are not individual-input defaults.	cp_planting_material_records	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records	fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004
chemical_species_mass_accounting	elementary_nutrient_emissions	Final elementary exchanges use the mass of the identified substance and one actual receiving compartment. Keep nutrient/activity ledgers separate: species-specific N2O-N × 44/28 gives N2O, NH3-N × 17/14 gives NH3, nitrate-N × 62/14 gives nitrate, and phosphate-P × 95/31 gives phosphate. If the selected flow is elemental phosphorus instead, report kg P and convert phosphate mass by 31/95 only when that species basis is evidenced. Apply a conversion exactly once only when the method output is on the elemental basis; measured compound mass is not reconverted. Total nutrient losses cannot be assigned to a single species without a supported split, and residual/retained soil nutrient is not an emission. Keep direct/indirect pathway ledgers and avoid repeating a pathway already included in the chosen method or upstream inventory. Factor uncertainty ranges screen factors on their stated basis, not final compound amounts or admissible site emissions. Normalize the attributable compound mass once using the accepted reference quantity and the matched measured output. Unknown activity, identity or compartment remains an evidence gap and blocks a completeness claim.	cp_fertilizer_and_amendment_records; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_product_identity	all product rows	Declare cauliflower or broccoli identity, cultivar or variety where material, harvest maturity, grade, and final hand-off state.	planting, harvest, grade, and dispatch records
dq_temporal_coverage	crop production and harvest	Cover the full represented crop cycle and harvest year; state whether the result is a single year, multi-year average, or scenario.	dated field, application, harvest, and dispatch records
dq_input_completeness	field and farm-gate inventory	Quantify or justify zero or exclusion for planting material, nutrients, irrigation, crop protection, land, field energy, harvest energy, primary conditioning, packaging, and direct emissions.	invoices, labels, meters, logs, and method declaration
dq_mass_reconciliation	all harvest and conditioning outputs	Reconcile harvested, marketable, trimmed, rejected, residue, wastewater-solids, and explained-loss masses before normalization.	calibrated scales, lot records, and fate receipts
dq_nutrient_and_water_basis	nutrients and irrigation	Preserve formulated fertilizer and nutrient-equivalent bases, water withdrawal and delivery, irrigation method, and any emission-factor selection.	product labels, analyses, meters, and calculation record
dq_fate_and_disclosure	residues, rejects, and wastes	Record destination, treatment, reuse, or disposal for every non-reference output and document any claimed co-product.	transfer, sales, feed, compost, treatment, or disposal record

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validation_reference_identity	reference flow and product output	Confirm that the output is fresh, unprocessed cauliflower or broccoli at the declared farm-gate state and that product identity is explicit.	usda-ams-cauliflower-standard; usda-ams-broccoli-standard
validation_process_completeness	Process Map and inventory	Confirm crop establishment and field management, harvest and farm-gate preparation, and every applicable conditional conditioning process are represented or explicitly excluded.	fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004
validation_product_separation	cauliflower and broccoli aggregation	Confirm that product-specific inputs, yields, rejects, and quality states are reconciled before any combined category result is calculated.	iso-14044-2006; mass-balance-identity
validation_nutrient_basis	fertilizer and soil emissions	Confirm product mass is distinct from kg N, P2O5, and K2O, and that factor selection and N2O-N conversion are documented.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o
validation_water_accounting	irrigation and conditioning water	Confirm rainfall, withdrawal, delivered irrigation, process water, wastewater, and return flows are distinguished and not double counted.	fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56
validation_mass_balance	harvest and primary conditioning	Confirm marketable output, trims, rejects, residues, wastewater solids, and explained losses reconcile to the corresponding input on a declared basis.	mass-balance-identity

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground annual crop-production dataset for fresh cauliflower or broccoli at farm gate
downstream_use	May be used as a secondary_dataset or background_dataset for LCA studies that require fresh unprocessed cauliflower or broccoli and preserve the declared qualifiers
allowed_use	Farm-gate footprinting, product comparison with matching crop identity and gate, inventory aggregation after product-specific reconciliation, and downstream process modelling that begins at the declared hand-off
excluded_use	Direct substitution for processed, frozen, dried, retail-packed, distributed, cooked, or consumption-stage products; use across different crop identities or gates without adjustment
required_metadata	product identity; cultivar; geography; field area; crop year and duration; planting material; irrigation source and method; nutrient product and nutrient basis; crop protection; field and harvest energy; yield; grade and maturity; trimming; washing and cooling; packaging; residue and reject fates; farm-gate state
required_quality_disclosure	temporal coverage; field and lot coverage; product separation; measurement and scale evidence; mass-balance result; nutrient and water basis; emission-factor method coverage; allocation method; exclusions and assumptions
update_trigger	Material change in cultivation route, product identity, farm-gate state, crop-protection or nutrient practice, irrigation, harvest or conditioning technology, packaging, emission method, concrete flow identity verification

11. Data Sources

source_id	type	reference	used_for
fao-fruit-vegetable-preparation-2004	handbook	A. F. Lopez Camelo, FAO Agricultural Services Bulletin 151, Manual for the preparation and sale of fruits and vegetables: From field to market, 2004, https://www.fao.org/4/y4893e/y4893e00.htm	general harvest, fresh-market preparation and storage context; not a crop-specific agronomic or quantitative LCA source
fao-crop-evapotranspiration-56	official_guidance	FAO Irrigation and drainage paper 56, Crop evapotranspiration, https://www.fao.org/4/X0490E/X0490E00.htm	irrigation data distinction, crop-cycle water accounting, and water collection rules
ipcc-2019-managed-soils-n2o	method_factor	IPCC 2019 Refinement to the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, Volume 4, Chapter 11, N2O emissions from managed soils, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/vol4.html	direct and indirect managed-soil nitrogen emissions and N2O-N conversion
usda-ams-cauliflower-standard	official_guidance	USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Standards for Grades of Cauliflower, https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/cauliflower-grades-and-standards	cauliflower grade, maturity, defects, and marketable-output qualifiers
usda-ams-broccoli-standard	official_guidance	USDA Agricultural Marketing Service, United States Standards for Grades of Broccoli, https://www.ams.usda.gov/grades-standards/broccoli-grades-and-standards	broccoli grade, maturity, defects, and marketable-output qualifiers
iso-14044-2006	standard	ISO 14044:2006, Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines	allocation hierarchy, co-product treatment, and aggregation discipline
mass-balance-identity	method_factor	Conservation-of-mass identity for declared process hand-offs and waste reconciliation	harvest, grading, conditioning, and product-specific aggregation calculations

source_id	type	reference	used_for
declared-handoff-measurement-definition	method_factor	This PCR, Sections 3, 6 and 8: measured net mass at the same state and gate is its own normalization denominator, giving a mass ratio of 1; handoff measurement adds no physical processing.	Same-stage and handoff measurement identities; a definition, not an observed yield, empirical default or external publication.
fao-fertilizer-identities	official_guidance	FAO Fertilizer Specifications, https://www.fao.org/agriculture/crops/thematic-sitemap/theme/spi/plantnutrition/fertspecs/en/	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-organic-nutrients	official_guidance	FAO How to Make and Use Compost, https://www.fao.org/4/i2230e/i2230e.pdf	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
fao-agricultural-energy	official_guidance	FAO Energy demand and consumption in African agriculture, Annex C case-study results, https://www.fao.org/4/v9766e/v9766e08.htm	conditional concrete identities and method context; does not establish site use or quantities
route-energy-fao	official_guidance	FAO, Energy-smart food for people and climate (2011), Annex 2; and Energy use in agriculture and industry, Annex IV. https://www.fao.org/4/i2454e/i2454e00.pdf ; https://www.fao.org/4/Q1085e/q1085e0d.htm	Equipment/carrier possibilities only; site records govern applicability. No intensity, fuel share or default recipe is adopted.
ghg-protocol-product-standard-2011	standard	WRI/WBCSD, Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard (2011), Chapter 9, https://ghgprotocol.org/sites/default/files/standards/Product-Life-Cycle-Accounting-Reporting-Standard_041613.pdf	General allocation hierarchy and comparable-gate economic basis. Applicability conditions and the explicit residual branch are this PCR's method convention; no product-specific causal coefficient, price or output quantity is prescribed by this source.