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Assessing the Market for Poultry Litter in Georgia: Are Subsidies Needed to Protect Water Quality?

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  • Mullen, Jeffrey
  • Bekchanov, Ulugbek
  • Karali, Berna
  • Kissel, David
  • Risse, Mark
  • Rowles, Kristin
  • Collier, Sam

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.

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  • Mullen, Jeffrey & Bekchanov, Ulugbek & Karali, Berna & Kissel, David & Risse, Mark & Rowles, Kristin & Collier, Sam, 2011. "Assessing the Market for Poultry Litter in Georgia: Are Subsidies Needed to Protect Water Quality?," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Cambridge University Press, vol. 43(4), pages 553-568, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:jagaec:v:43:y:2011:i:04:p:553-568_00
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    1. Spiegal, Sheri & Kleinman, Peter J.A. & Endale, Dinku M. & Bryant, Ray B. & Dell, Curtis & Goslee, Sarah & Meinen, Robert J. & Flynn, K. Colton & Baker, John M. & Browning, Dawn M. & McCarty, Greg & B, 2020. "Manuresheds: Advancing nutrient recycling in US agriculture," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 182(C).

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    JEL classification:

    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets
    • Q13 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness
    • Q25 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Water
    • Q53 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Air Pollution; Water Pollution; Noise; Hazardous Waste; Solid Waste; Recycling

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