Manure Application Rules and Environmental Considerations

Three manure application limits (N Limit, Annual P Limit and P Banking) were modeled with particular attention to the number of hours needed to appropriately distribute manure. The benefit and costs estimates indicated that P Banking was more profitable than N Limit which was more profitable than An...

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Main Authors Massey, Raymond E, Gedikoglu, Haluk
Format Conference Proceeding
LanguageEnglish
Published 2011
Edition1371
Subjects
acres
environment
Environmental Economics and Policy
Farm Management
hours
Livestock Production/Industries
manure
policy
probability
Production Economics
rainfall
Risk and Uncertainty
runoff
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Summary:Three manure application limits (N Limit, Annual P Limit and P Banking) were modeled with particular attention to the number of hours needed to appropriately distribute manure. The benefit and costs estimates indicated that P Banking was more profitable than N Limit which was more profitable than Annual P Limit. The number of hours required indicated that the Annual P Limit would not be completed within a two month window approximately 2 of 10 years. The increased number of hours for the Annual P Limit also increased the probability of a runoff event following manure application, relative to the other two scenarios. This work indicates that regulations that require Annual P Limits of manure cost the farmer and may have the unintended consequence of increasing runoff.
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.98765