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| Title: | MANURE MANAGEMENT FOR WATER QUALITY COSTS TO ANIMAL FEEDING OPERATIONS OF APPLYING MANURE NUTRIENTS TO LAND |
| Authors: | Ribaudo, Marc
Kaplan, Jonathan D.
Christensen, Lee A.
Gollehon, Noel R.
Johansson, Robert C.
Breneman, Vincent E.
Aillery, Marcel P.
Agapoff, Jean
Peters, Mark |
| Authors (Email): | Ribaudo, Marc (mribaudo@ers.usda.gov)
Gollehon, Noel (gollehon@ers.usda.gov)
Johansson, Robert (rjohanss@ers.usda.gov)
Breneman, Vince (breneman@ers.usda.gov)
Aillery, Marcel (maillery@ers.usda.gov) |
| Keywords: | manure management costs
price and quantity adjustments
water quality
animal waste
manure nutrients
excess nutrients
confined animals
CAFO
manure nitrogen
manure phosphorus
manure use
assimilative capacity
nutrient management plan |
| Issue Date: | 2003 |
| Series/Report no.: | Agricultural Economic Report Number 824 |
| Abstract: | Nutrients from livestock and poultry manure are key sources of water pollution. Ever-growing numbers of animals per farm and per acre have increased the risk of water pollution. New Clean Water Act regulations compel the largest confined animal producers to meet nutrient application standards when applying manure to the land, and USDA encourages all animal feeding operations to do the same. The additional costs for managing manure (such as hauling manure off the farm) have implications for feedgrain producers and consumers as well. This report's farm-level analysis examines on-farm technical choice and producer costs across major U.S. production areas for hauling manure to the minimum amount of land needed to assimilate manure nutrients. A regional analysis then focuses on off-farm competition for land to spread surplus manure, using the Chesapeake Bay region as a case study. Finally, a sectorwide analysis addresses potential long-term structural adjustments at the national level and ultimate costs to consumers and producers. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/33911 |
| Institution/Association: | United States Department of Agriculture>Economic Research Service>Agricultural Economics Reports |
| Total Pages: | 90 |
| Language: | English |
| Collections: | Agricultural Economics Reports
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