Table 3 Global average of GWF and BWF, in rainfed and irrigated conditions (GW_R, GW_I, and BW_I, respectively).

From: A global dataset of the national green and blue water footprint of livestock feeds

Feed product	GWF_R [m³/ton]	GWF_I [m³/ton]	BWF_I [m³/ton]	Feed product	GWF_R [m³/ton]	GWF_I [m³/ton]	BWF_I [m³/ton]
Apple pomace	80	48	58	Oats	1,269	731	546
Bananas	462	193	109	Oats, flaked	707	408	304
Barley	1,011	521	482	Olive oil cake	803	631	771
Barley DDGS/WDG	*,a	*,a	*,a	Olive pulp	1,108	871	1,064
Barley rootlets	40	21	19	Palm kernel meal	108	34	35
Brewers’ grains	152	78	72	Palm oil	219	67	67
Bean	3,064	1,335	2,061	Potato protein conc.	1.0	0.6	0.5
Buckwheat hulls	254	146	109	Potato pulp, dried	6.1	3.4	3.2
Camelina oil meal	1,939	1,524	1,861	Potato tuber, dried	203	113	105
Cassava pulp	50	17	7.4	Sweet potato, dried	230	54	54
Cassava starch	68	22	10.2	Vetch/Lupin	2,047	1,212	1,866
Cereal offal	254	146	109	Lentils	1,555	886	2,445
Chickpea	1,578	990	2,153	Rapeseed meal	939	1,173	726
Citrus pulp	*,b	*,b	*,b	Rapeseed oil	586	699	469
Cocoa hulls	4,091	1,455	1,023	Rapeseed, whole	1,535	1,893	1,192
Cocoa meal	12,744	4,533	3,187	Rice bran	188	86	29
Copra meal	62	29	28	Rice hulls	508	232	80
Copra oil	113	53	50	Rice, brown	1,724	786	272
Cottonseed hulls	1,096	415	382	Rice, paddy	2,210	1,008	349
Cottonseed meal	1,810	686	629	Rice, broken	1,450	661	230
Cottonseed	3,652	1,383	1,272	Rye	1,269	731	546
Cowpea seed	2,775	2,021	1,932	Sesame meal	2,235	2,284	1,534
Pea	2,047	1,367	2,989	Shea nut oil meal	1,487	1,168	1,427
Pea protein conc.	61	41	90	Sorghum	3,027	870	982
Grape pomace	44	27	32	Soybean hulls	106	63	21
Grapeseed oil meal	14.8	9.0	11	Soybean meal	1,687	1,001	331
Groundnut meal	1,207	709	526	Soybean molasses	404	240	79
Jatropha oil meal	499	392	479	Soybean oil	381	227	74
Linseed meal	1,719	1,326	1,611	Soybean protein conc.	1,093	649	212
Linseed	2,770	2,177	2,659	Beet pulp	*,c	*,c	*,c
Corn gluten feed	225	137	62	Molasses, beet	3.5	1.8	1.9
Corn gluten meal	54	33	15	Molasses, sugarcane	6.2	3.3	1.4
Maize	899	547	246	Sunflower hulls	263	135	108
Maize bran	92	56	27	Sunflower meal	1,163	596	483
Maize DDGS	274	274	274	Sunflower oil	1,059	542	436
Maize flour, protein	672	672	672	Sunflowerseed, whole	2,522	1,295	1,034
Maize germ meal	27	27	27	Tomato pulp, dried	12	5.2	4.2
Maize germs	54	33	15	Triticale	1,269	731	546
Maize starch	655	400	175	Wheat bran	285	121	97
Maize, flaked	764	465	209	Wheat DDGS	428	185	147
Millet, pearl	4,351	990	1,776	Wheat feed flour	153	66	54
Mustard bran	554	435	532	Wheat gluten	160	69	56
Oat groats	718	413	308	Wheat middling	218	94	75
Oat hulls	381	219	164	Wheat, durum/soft	1,451	627	497

Global average values are weighted on the national production of the corresponding primary crop.
^aBarley DDGS requires 303 m³/ton (GWF_R), 156 m³/ton (GWF_I), and 145 m³/ton (BWF_I), barley WDG 465, 222, 53 m3/ton.
^bCitrus pulp dried requires 54 m³/ton (GWF_R), 26 m³/ton (GWF_I), and 39 m³/ton (BWF_I), fresh pulp 308, 147, 221 m³/ton.
^cBeet pulp dried requires 4.7 m³/ton (GWF_R), 2.4 m³/ton (GWF_I), and 2.7 m³/ton (BWF_I), pressed pulp 21, 10.6, 11.4 m³/ton.

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Table 3 Global average of GWF and BWF, in rainfed and irrigated conditions (GW_R, GW_I, and BW_I, respectively).

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