In this episode of The Feed Science Podcast Show, Dr. Elias Uddin, Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, explains how life cycle assessment helps evaluate feeds, feed additives, and production systems in dairy nutrition. He discusses carbon footprint, trade-offs across animals, manure, and cropping systems, and why whole farm analysis matters for environmental and economic decisions. Learn practical insight for feed and nutrition professionals focused on sustainability and performance. Listen now on all major platforms!

“At the farm scale, differences seen at the manure level can shrink significantly when all system components are considered.”

Meet the guest: Dr. Elias Uddin is a tenure-track Assistant Professor at the University of Connecticut, specializing in ruminant nutrition and life cycle assessment modeling. His work focuses on improving the productivity, efficiency, and environmental sustainability of dairy production systems through feed evaluation and systems analysis. 

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What will you learn: 

• (00:00) Highlight
• (01:12) Introduction
• (03:01) LCA basics
• (07:57) Agricultural applications
• (13:11) Feed evaluation
• (19:52) Additive impacts
• (28:37) Future trends
• (37:24) Final Questions

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