Lentils, dry

1. Scope and Applicability

This PCR covers mature dry whole Lens culinaris grain at the farm gate after managed field production, direct combining or swathing followed by combining, threshing, farm cleaning, grading, and conditional aeration or drying. It excludes green vegetable lentils, planting seed sold as seed, sprouts, dehulled or split lentils, flour, cooked products, downstream industrial processing, packaging, and transport from the farm.

2. Product Category Identity

Field	Value
canonical_pcr_id	pcr.agriculture-forestry-and-fishery-products.products-of-agriculture-horticulture-and-market-gardening.lentils-dry
classification_refs	CPC 3.0: 01704 Lentils, dry; mapping relation: narrower
covered_products	Mature dry whole Lens culinaris grain at farm gate
excluded_products	Green vegetable lentils; planting seed; sprouts; dehulled/split lentils; flour; cooked and downstream processed products
representative_product	Whole mature dry lentil grain
production_route	Managed biological parent field_production; mutually exclusive direct-combine or swath/combine harvest routes; cleaning and grading; alternative technology route delta between direct-combine and swath/combine changes harvest operation records; conditional aeration/drying changes energy, moisture-loss and validation records
market_state	Unprocessed whole dry grain with declared class, colour, grade, moisture, damage, splits/breakage, foreign matter and conditioning route

3. Reference Flow

Field	Value
What	Mature dry whole Lens culinaris grain at farm gate
How much	1,000 kg
How well	Declared class, colour, grade, moisture, split/broken and damaged fractions, foreign matter, harvest and conditioning route
How long or cycle	One crop cycle through farm-gate hand-off
reference_flow_link	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Field	Value
Reference amount	1000
Reference product flow	Lentils, dry
Reference flow property	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66
Reference unit group	Mass units 93a60a57-a4c8-11da-a746-0800200c9a66
Reference unit	kg
Required qualifiers	Lens culinaris; whole mature grain; market class and colour; farm-gate grade; wet-basis moisture; split/broken and damage fractions; foreign matter; harvest route; aeration/drying status

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_mass	grain, residue, reject and loss masses	Mass 93a60a56-a3c8-11da-a746-0800200b9a66	kg	Report moisture basis and convert grain to declared farm-gate moisture before normalization.
field_area	field records	Area	ha	Normalize crop-cycle inputs and outputs from the same harvested area.
moisture_balance	aeration and drying	Mass fraction	% wet basis	Measure inlet and outlet moisture by lot and calculate water removed by wet-basis mass balance.

5. System Boundary

The foreground starts with a prepared field and planting material. Field production hands standing mature crop to an independent harvest node. Harvest hands uncleaned grain to primary conditioning; grading creates accepted, downgraded and rejected states; conditional stabilization ends at farm-gate hand-off. Direct combine and swath/combine are mutually exclusive per lot. Operation records are indexed by field, lot and batch; shared burdens are assigned once by measured throughput. The dataset uses a single-period inventory for one crop cycle, with no storage beyond conditional stabilization and no cross-cycle asset events.

Boundary Abstraction

Field	Value
declared_starting_condition	Prepared field plus purchased or retained planting seed ready for one crop cycle
starting_condition_role	Foreground crop-production starting condition
product_classification_scope	Mature dry whole Lens culinaris grain at farm gate
recursive_input_rule	Retained lentil grain used as seed is recorded once as a prior-crop seed input and is not regenerated recursively in the current crop cycle.
upstream_dataset_requirement	Use upstream datasets for seed, actual nutrient and crop-protection products, energy, electricity and irrigation supply.
disclosure	Declare geography, crop year, cultivar/class, field area, prior crop, tillage, irrigation, harvest route, lot moisture and grade, conditioning route and all residue destinations.

Boundary Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
boundary_farm_gate	all processes	Include field work, harvest, threshing, farm cleaning, grading and conditional aeration/drying through hand-off; exclude downstream processing.	manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019
boundary_route	harvest	Select exactly one harvest route per lot and record swath operation and shatter only when applicable.	manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019
boundary_conditioning	stabilization	Include aeration/drying only when required and retain inlet/outlet moisture, energy, duration and reject evidence.	manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

6. Process Inventory Structure

Process Map

process_id	process_name	inclusion	inclusion_condition	role	quantitative_reference
field_production	Managed lentil field production	required	One crop cycle	Managed biological production parent; prepared field to standing mature crop	per cultivated ha and crop cycle
harvest_threshing	Harvest and threshing	required	Direct combine or swath/combine selected per lot	Independent harvest node with an alternative technology route delta; standing crop to uncleaned grain	per harvested ha
primary_conditioning	Farm cleaning	required	At least one cleaning pass	Primary conditioning; harvested grain to cleaned grain	per 1,000 kg cleaned grain
grading_sorting	Grading and destination assignment	required	Each farm-gate lot	Grade accepted, downgraded, rejected and rework states	per 1,000 kg graded input
stabilization	Aeration or drying	conditional	Inlet moisture or storage risk requires intervention	Preservation node; accepted grain to stable farm-gate grain	per 1,000 kg final dry lentils
declared_reference_handoff	Product Measurement at Declared Handoff	required		foreground	reference_product_at_declared_handoff

Process: Managed lentil field production (field_production)

Inputs

Product flows

Planting seed (planting_seed)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Lentil seed for planting

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured seed mass sown

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

• Sources: manitoba-lentils-production-management

• Range: Complete quantitative QA range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 33.6
  • Upper: 89.7
  • Unit: kg/ha
  • Basis: planting seed per cultivated hectare
  • Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: manitoba-lentils-production-management

Fertilizer, urea input (agricultural_nutrient_supply)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, urea is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, urea

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, urea used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate input (agricultural_nutrient_supply_monoammonium_phosphate)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, monoammonium phosphate used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

Fertilizer, potassium chloride input (agricultural_nutrient_supply_potassium_chloride)

Include this conditional card only when Fertilizer, potassium chloride is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Fertilizer, potassium chloride

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Fertilizer, potassium chloride used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

Cattle manure, as applied input (agricultural_nutrient_supply_cattle_manure)

Include this conditional card only when Cattle manure, as applied is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Cattle manure, as applied

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Cattle manure, as applied used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

Agricultural limestone input (agricultural_nutrient_supply_agricultural_limestone)

Include this conditional card only when Agricultural limestone is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Agricultural limestone

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg product

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Agricultural limestone used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

Required crop-protection records: before completing the foreground package, enumerate every actually applied formulated product separately, retaining trade name, active ingredient, salt or chemical form, concentration, density where needed, application quantity, date and treated area. Select one physically specific product identity per exchange. Derive active-substance releases separately by substance and receiving compartment. Missing formulation identity is a completeness gap; do not replace it with a generic pesticide, invented example, or assumed zero.

Irrigation water (irrigation_water)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Irrigation water

• Flow property / unit: Volume / m3

• Amount rule: metered or calculated delivered irrigation; zero for verified rainfed fields

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_inputs

• Sources: fao-crop-water-needs

For irrigation, distinguish crop evapotranspiration from net irrigation and gross delivered/withdrawn water. Reconcile effective rainfall, soil-water stock change, capillary supply, application efficiency and the actual delivery boundary; use metered site records or a documented water balance. A general crop-water-demand table does not establish a universal irrigation upper bound.

Electricity, medium voltage input (field_energy)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Diesel fuel input (field_energy_diesel)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Standing mature lentil crop (standing_mature_crop)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Standing mature lentil crop

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: mass balance of harvested grain, residues and field losses

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_mass_balance

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Elementary flows

Managed-soil nitrous oxide (soil_n2o)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Dinitrogen monoxide, to air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: IPCC selected-tier calculation from collected nitrogen and residue records

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha in one crop cycle.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_field_emissions

• Sources: ipcc-2019-managed-soils

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Process: Harvest and threshing (harvest_threshing)

Inputs

Product flows

Standing crop received (standing_crop_input)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Standing mature lentil crop

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: equals the same-field standing mature crop hand-off

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_mass_balance

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

No fixed numerical screening bound is prescribed for this row. Derive any lot-specific consistency bound from measured incoming quantities, moisture, stocks, losses and uncertainty on the stated basis. Conservation alone supplies no universal yield, water-use or measurement-tolerance interval. Until compatible evidence is available, report quantitative range screening as unavailable; do not clip measurements or substitute an assumed value.

Electricity, medium voltage input (harvest_energy)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Diesel fuel input (harvest_energy_diesel)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Uncleaned harvested grain (harvested_grain)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Uncleaned harvested lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: scale or calibrated yield-monitor mass at measured moisture

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_mass_balance

• Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

• Range: Complete quantitative QA range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 500
  • Upper: 4000
  • Unit: kg/ha
  • Basis: uncleaned harvested grain per hectare
  • Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)
  • Evidence kind: External source (external_source)
  • Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

Recovered straw and pod material (straw_pod_material)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Lentil straw and pod material

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured recovered dry matter; product only with independent intended hand-off

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_mass_balance

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

No fixed numerical screening bound is prescribed for this row. Derive any lot-specific consistency bound from measured incoming quantities, moisture, stocks, losses and uncertainty on the stated basis. Conservation alone supplies no universal yield, water-use or measurement-tolerance interval. Until compatible evidence is available, report quantitative range screening as unavailable; do not clip measurements or substitute an assumed value.

Waste flows

Field and harvest losses (field_harvest_loss)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Lentil grain lost in field

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: representative loss samples extrapolated to harvested area

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Route-specific (route_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per cultivated ha harvested.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Crop cycle (crop_cycle)

• Evidence kind: Calculated from collection (calculated_from_collection)

• Collection protocol: cp_harvest_mass_balance

• Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

The cited guidance does not establish this broad numerical interval for all represented routes. Use matched lot measurements and moisture/loss balances; report quantitative screening unavailable until route-specific evidence supports bounds. Do not substitute the deleted range for a measured yield or loss.

Elementary flows

Process: Farm cleaning (primary_conditioning)

Inputs

Product flows

Uncleaned grain received (uncleaned_grain_input)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Uncleaned harvested lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured input mass linked to harvest lot

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg cleaned grain output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Electricity, medium voltage input (cleaning_energy)

Include this conditional card only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage

• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Electricity, medium voltage used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg cleaned grain output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Diesel fuel input (cleaning_energy_diesel)

Include this conditional card only when Diesel fuel is actually used in the declared process. For every other actual product or carrier, create a separate atomic exchange with its own identity and measured amount; do not infer its use from this example.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Measured quantity of Diesel fuel used by this process and period; report zero or not applicable only when the route records establish absence.

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Technology-specific (technology_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg cleaned grain output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Cleaned grain (cleaned_grain)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Cleaned lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured output after loose foreign matter removal

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg cleaned grain output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Complete quantitative QA range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1000
  • Upper: 1000
  • Unit: kg/1000 kg output
  • Basis: cleaned output quantitative reference
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

Cleaning rejects and foreign matter (cleaning_rejects)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Cleaning rejects and foreign matter

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured by rework, recovery or disposal destination

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg cleaned grain output.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_conditioning_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Elementary flows

Process: Grading and destination assignment (grading_sorting)

Inputs

Product flows

Cleaned grain received (cleaned_grain_input)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Cleaned lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured grading input preserving lot identity

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg graded input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity

• Range: Complete quantitative QA range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1000
  • Upper: 1000
  • Unit: kg/1000 kg input
  • Basis: cleaned grain entering grading
  • Basis kind: Process output (process_output)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Intended output accepted grade grain (accepted_grade_grain)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Accepted-grade lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: measured accepted mass excluding downgrade, reject and rework

• 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: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg graded input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Intended output downgraded co-product grain (downgraded_grain)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Downgraded lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured downgraded mass with independent destination

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg graded input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Waste flows

Grading rejects and rework (grading_rejects)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Rejected lentil material

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured split, cracked, discoloured, damaged or foreign material by return, recovery or disposal destination

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg graded input.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Process output (process_output)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_grading_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Elementary flows

Process: Aeration or drying (stabilization)

Inputs

Product flows

Accepted grain requiring stabilization (accepted_grain_input)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Accepted-grade lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured wet input mass and inlet moisture

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_stabilization_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Electricity, medium voltage (stabilization_energy)

Include this exchange only when Electricity, medium voltage is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Selected flow: Electricity, medium voltage
• Flow property / unit: Energy / kWh
• Amount rule: Measured Electricity, medium voltage supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations
• Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

Diesel fuel (stabilization_energy_diesel)

Include this exchange only when Diesel fuel is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Selected flow: Diesel fuel
• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg
• Amount rule: Measured Diesel fuel supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations
• Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

Purchased steam (stabilization_energy_steam)

Include this exchange only when Purchased steam is actually supplied to this process. Record every other actual carrier separately. For purchased operating services, retain the supplier boundary and do not also count fuel or electricity already included in that service. Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Selected flow: Purchased steam
• Flow property / unit: Energy / MJ
• Amount rule: Measured Purchased steam supplied to this process and period, normalized once to the declared reference output; convert carrier-native units only with documented density, calorific value or meter conventions where needed.
• Value mode: foreground_record
• Specificity: site_specific
• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow
• Basis kind: reference_flow
• Evidence kind: collected_record
• Collection protocol: cp_energy_operations
• Sources: ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

Waste flows

Elementary flows

Outputs

Product flows

Dry lentils at farm gate (lentils_dry_farm_gate)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Lentils, dry ec8a8323-9812-417c-896f-3b98f11d3cc9

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg Raw output measurement and reconciliation: 1,000 kg reference product at declared outlet moisture

• 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: Fixed value (fixed_value)

• Specificity: Product-specific (product_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg reference product.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

• Range: Complete quantitative QA range

  • Range role: QA guardrail (qa_guardrail)
  • Lower: 1000
  • Upper: 1000
  • Unit: kg/1000 kg reference product
  • Basis: final accepted grain per reference flow
  • Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)
  • Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)
  • Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

Waste flows

Stabilization rejects (stabilization_rejects)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Rejected stabilized lentil grain

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: measured heat-damaged, mould-affected or rejected mass by destination

• Value mode: Foreground record (foreground_record)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Collected record (collected_record)

• Collection protocol: cp_stabilization_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

Elementary flows

Water removed (water_removed)

Record the stated flow for the linked field or lot and preserve its destination and hand-off.

• Selected flow: Water, to air

• Flow property / unit: Mass / kg

• Amount rule: Determine supported evaporation on a closed water-mass control volume: incoming material water + actual added water + opening water stock - water in all accepted/co-product/reject/residue exits - separate liquid discharge/exports - closing water stock. Use measured wet mass times wet-basis moisture for each material stream, and compatible density for liquid volumes. Internal recirculation cancels. Retain actual rain/rewetting where relevant; total fresh/dry mass difference is not all water. Independently support all terms and the evaporation pathway; investigate an unexplained or negative balance rather than force it into a vapour release or clip it to zero. Keep water quantities distinct from dry-solids loss and other volatiles. Attribute and normalize the evidenced water release once using the original matched final reference.

• Value mode: Calculated value (calculated_value)

• Specificity: Site-specific (site_specific) Raw activity or stage basis: per 1,000 kg final dry lentils.

• Normalization basis: per declared reference flow

• Basis kind: Reference flow (reference_flow)

• Evidence kind: Method formula (method_formula)

• Collection protocol: cp_stabilization_lot

• Sources: mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019

No universal numeric bound is established by the cited balance identity or method. Derive a lot/site-specific check from measured inputs, outputs, moisture, growth where applicable, stocks, losses and uncertainty on compatible bases. Report numeric screening unavailable until supported; retain the measured exchange and investigate residuals without clipping or substituting a default.

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: Lentils, dry
• 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: Lentils, dry
• 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_single_product	grain only	Attribute burdens to accepted dry lentils when other outputs are residues or wastes; disclose destinations without credit.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_coproduct	intended outputs	Enumerate each independently intended straw/pod or downgraded-grain output and apply a disclosed study-specific allocation; use physical dry mass when causality supports it, otherwise disclose economic allocation and prices.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_batch	fields, lots and runs	Link inputs, outputs, cleaning and changeover to runs; allocate shared burdens once by measured throughput.	mass-balance-identity
allocation_rework	returned material	Retain prior burdens, add only incremental rework, and count material once at its final destination.	mass-balance-identity

8. Foreground Data Collection, Calculation, and Quality Rules

Inventory completeness: conditional named cards are examples of individual exchanges, not an exhaustive recipe or a requirement to use those products. Before completing a foreground package, enumerate every actual planting stock, nutrient, crop-protection formulation, asset material, operating service, carrier, packaging material, waste stream and applicable elementary substance separately, using its physical identity, state, native property/unit, origin or receiving compartment, and measured or method-calculated quantity. Missing identity or quantity remains a completeness gap, never an assumed zero. Preserve the actual lot and phase basis; do not sum intermediate transfers as additional final output or duplicate burdens included in purchased services.

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_field_inputs	field_production	seed, nutrient, protection, irrigation	invoices, logs, meter	field; area; product; amount; analysis; date	reconcile applications to field; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum by product then area-normalize	kg; L; m3; ha	each application	crop cycle	each field	per declared reference flow	invoice; calibrated meter; label
cp_energy_operations	all	fuel and electricity	meter and machine log	process; field/lot; carrier; quantity; factor; runtime	meter and log reconciliation; Raw aggregation and attribution: convert by documented factor; allocate once	L; kg; kWh; MJ	each operation	crop cycle to hand-off	field/facility	per declared reference flow	calibration; invoice; runtime
cp_field_emissions	field_production	N2O	calculated record	N by source; residue N; factors; fractions	selected IPCC tier; Raw aggregation and attribution: calculate by field first	kg N; kg N2O	crop cycle	crop cycle	each field	per declared reference flow	factor version; calculation sheet
cp_harvest_mass_balance	harvest_threshing	grain, residues, losses	scale, monitor, samples	field; route; area; masses; moisture; loss	weigh and representative loss sampling; Raw aggregation and attribution: moisture-align and reconcile outputs	kg; %; ha	field/lot	harvest	each field	per declared reference flow	calibration; sampling plan
cp_conditioning_lot	primary_conditioning	grain and rejects	scale and log	lot; input; output; moisture; pass; reject; destination	weigh every inlet and outlet; Raw aggregation and attribution: sum passes without rework duplication	kg; %	lot/pass	conditioning	each lot	per declared reference flow	calibration; closure
cp_grading_lot	grading_sorting	accepted, downgrade, reject, rework	ticket and test	lot; grade; colour; moisture; splits; damage; foreign matter; mass; destination	weigh and classify every output; Raw aggregation and attribution: reconcile exclusive destinations	kg; %	lot	grading	each lot	per declared reference flow	ticket; test; calibration
cp_stabilization_lot	stabilization	grain, water, reject	moisture, scale, operation log	lot; inlet/outlet mass and moisture; reject; airflow; duration; energy ; all input/output water including rejects/residues; actual added/rain water; separate liquid exports; opening/closing water stock; moisture and density; supported evaporation	test and weigh before/after; Raw aggregation and attribution: moisture balance with rejects	kg; %; h	lot	intervention	each lot	per declared reference flow	calibrated moisture meter and scale
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
cp_phase1_environment_coverage	field_production	managed environmental coverage by actual node	site/activity/method ledger	site and actual managed nodes; area; dated occupation intervals; co-users; establishment/immature history; actual prior/current land classes and transformation dates/areas; carbon-method coverage; upstream land coverage	Collect original records by the actual responsible production node and matched lot/period; retain provenance, method applicability and uncertainty. Reconcile with existing protocols and provider coverage, do not add duplicate events. Explicitly document inapplicability; absent evidence is a gap.	native activity units; kg N or substance; area/time as applicable	event and annual/lot reconciliation	matched production/cohort period	all actual managed-production nodes	apply applicable coverage calculations then final normalization once	original records, method worksheets and applicability evidence

Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_normalization	all	normalized amount = process amount × 1,000 / accepted final mass	process amount; final mass	per 1,000 kg reference flow	mass-balance-identity
calc_moisture	grain/drying	dry solids = wet mass × (1 − moisture fraction); reconcile water in rejects	wet masses and moisture	aligned grain and water removed	mass-balance-identity; manitoba-lentils-production-management
calc_n2o	soil	Apply disclosed IPCC tier and convert N2O-N to N2O by 44/28.	N activity and factors	kg N2O	ipcc-2019-managed-soils
calc_mass_balance	harvest/conditioning/grading	input = exclusive outputs + losses + releases + stock change within uncertainty	linked masses	closure	mass-balance-identity
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_field_emissions; species-specific activity ledger, method pathway and factor basis, matched accepted output	Identity-specific exchanges and reconciled activity records

Environmental Coverage Calculation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Formula or rule	Inputs	Output	source_ids
calc_managed_land_coverage	actual managed-production nodes	For each actual owned managed-production site, collect the occupied area and dated occupation intervals, including attributable establishment/immature and production periods. Occupation is area multiplied by actual duration, converted explicitly to the selected area-time unit (1 ha = 10,000 m2; time in years); hectares per crop-cycle alone are not an area-time result without duration. Partition or take the union of overlapping establishment/management intervals so the same area-time is counted once, with shares across actual co-users summing to one. Record evidenced land transformation separately by actual from/to land class, event area and date under the declared land-use method; transformation has area units and is not added to occupation. Planting, continued occupation or missing prior-land data do not establish a transformation or zero transformation. Preserve actual historical-event attribution and carbon-stock/emission method coverage where applicable; no invented land conversion or generic carbon credit. Instantiate separate compatible elementary identities with verified UUIDs or explicit unresolved identities; attribute once and normalize to the matched final reference. Purchased completed biological inputs inherit compatible upstream land coverage once instead of duplicating it locally. Missing applicable land identity, area, duration or prior-state evidence remains a completeness gap; documented no transformation is a valid absence.	cp_phase1_environment_coverage	attributed native environmental quantities per matched final reference

Data Quality Requirements

requirement_id	Applies to	Requirement	Evidence
dq_identity	reference product	Retain species, class, colour, year, grade, moisture, split/broken, damage, foreign matter, harvest and conditioning route.	lot ticket and tests
dq_completeness	crop cycle	Cover every field operation and harvest, cleaning, grading, rework and stabilization lot.	field-to-lot trace
dq_mass_balance	material processes	Reconcile all products, residues, wastes, losses, releases and stock changes.	closure worksheet
dq_representativeness	dataset	Report geography, crop year, fields, classes, irrigation, harvest routes, drying share and aggregation weights.	metadata and lot index

9. Validation Rules

rule_id	Applies to	Rule	source_ids
validate_identity	reference flow	Require the fixed UUIDs, 1,000 kg amount and every qualifier.	manitoba-lentils-production-management
validate_route	harvest	Exactly one direct-combine or swath/combine route per lot; both routes cannot be counted together.	manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019
validate_nutrient_cardinality	field production	Verify each actual exchange against its concrete flow UUID, physical state, property and unit; preserve explicit unresolved identities when confirmation is unavailable.	ipcc-2019-managed-soils
validate_outputs	harvest/grading	Enumerate intended products, residues, loss, accepted, downgraded, reject and hand-offs; decide attribution for every co-product.	mass-balance-identity
validate_rework	cleaning/grading	Link each off-spec state to rework, downgrade, recovery or disposal and prevent double counting.	mass-balance-identity
validate_batch	all runs	Link inputs, outputs, cleaning and changeovers to field/lot/batch and assign shared burdens once.	mass-balance-identity
validate_conditioning	stabilization	When used, require inlet/outlet moisture, energy, duration, water removed, rejects and closure.	manitoba-lentils-production-management; ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019
validate_ranges	all cards	Check each supplied range for complete bounds, unit, basis, evidence and bilingual alignment. Require compatible quantitative evidence for any enforced limit. If no supported bound exists, retain measured quantities and explicitly report range screening unavailable; do not invent a range or declare that check complete. Investigate deviations rather than overwrite measured values.

10. Published Dataset Profile

Field	Value
dataset_role	Foreground farm-gate dry-lentil production dataset
downstream_use	secondary_dataset; background_dataset after representativeness review
allowed_use	LCA and footprints needing mature whole dry lentil grain at farm gate
excluded_use	Vegetable lentils, planting seed, sprouts, splits, flour, cooked products or undisclosed downstream processing
required_metadata	geography; crop year; field/lot coverage; class; colour; grade; moisture; splits/damage/foreign matter; prior crop; tillage; irrigation; harvest and conditioning routes; destinations; allocation
required_quality_disclosure	primary-data coverage; calibration; missing data; estimates; mass balance; factor versions; weights; range exceptions
update_trigger	changed class mix, geography, year, management, route, technology, specification, destination, allocation or factors

11. Data Sources

Source id	Type	Reference	Used for
manitoba-lentils-production-management	official_guidance	Province of Manitoba, Lentils — Production and Management, https://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/crops/crop-management/print,lentils.html	seed rate, route, harvest moisture, cracking, aeration and grade concerns
ndsu-pulse-field-guide-2019	extension_guidance	NDSU Extension A1922, Pulse Crop Production Field Guide for North Dakota, https://www.ndsu.edu/agriculture/sites/default/files/2025-09/a1922.pdf	production, harvest, damage and natural-air drying
fao-crop-water-needs	official_guidance	FAO, Crop Water Needs, Chapter 3, https://www.fao.org/4/s2022e/s2022e07.htm	lentil/pulse crop coefficients and irrigation context
ipcc-2019-managed-soils	method_factor	IPCC, 2019 Refinement, Volume 4 Chapter 11, https://www.ipcc-nggip.iges.or.jp/public/2019rf/vol4.html	managed-soil N2O method and nitrogen activity data
mass-balance-identity	method_factor	Conservation of mass for moisture-aligned inputs, outputs, losses, releases and stock change	hand-offs, moisture, mass balance, allocation and rework

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.