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| Title: | Assessing the Market for Poultry Litter in Georgia: Are Subsidies Needed to Protect Water Quality? |
| Authors: | Mullen, Jeffrey D.
Bekchanov, Ulugbek
Karali, Berna
Kissel, David
Risse, Mark L.
Rowles, Kristin
Collier, Sam |
| Authors (Email): | Mullen, Jeffrey (jmullen@uga.edu) |
| Keywords: | fertilizer
phosphorous
poultry litter
subsidy
transportation model
water quality |
| JEL Codes: | Q12
Q13
Q25
Q53 |
| Issue Date: | 2011-11 |
| Abstract: | Concerns about nutrient loads into our waters have focused attention on poultry litter applications. Like many states with a large poultry industry, Georgia recently designed a subsidy program to facilitate the transportation of poultry litter out of vulnerable watersheds. This paper uses a transportation model to examine the necessity of a poultry litter subsidy to
achieve water protection goals in Georgia. We also demonstrate the relationship between
diesel and synthetic fertilizer prices and the value of poultry litter. Results suggest that a well functioning market would be able to remove excess litter from vulnerable watersheds in the absence of a subsidy. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/117948 |
| Institution/Association: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics>Volume 43, Number 04, November 2011 |
| Total Pages: | 16 |
| From Page: | 553 |
| To Page: | 568 |
| Collections: | Volume 43, Number 04, November 2011
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