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Economic Impact of Controlling Surface Water Runoff from U.S. Dairy Farms

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  • Buxton, Boyd M.
  • Ziegler, Stephen J.

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U.S. dairy farmers will soon be faced with Environmental Protection Agency waste control regulations. This study estimated the investment and annual costs they will incur for lot runoff control and solid waste storage systems. Findings indicate that total investment for facilities and equipment to control lot runoff for typical dairy farms, assuming all U.S. dairy producers have lot discharge problems, would be $780 million. An estimated 40 percent of the dairy producers actually have problems. This would represent an aggregate investment of $312 million. EPA regulations will fall heaviest on dairy farms with fewer than 20 cows, where investment could be almost $200 per cow and the cost of producing 100 pounds of milk could increase by 45 cents. Exempting these small producers from compliance would reduce total investment to $528 million, assuming all producers have lot discharge problems. It is expected that runoff control regulations will hasten the exit of small dairy producers and stimulate the current shift to fewer and larger farms.

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  • Buxton, Boyd M. & Ziegler, Stephen J., 1974. "Economic Impact of Controlling Surface Water Runoff from U.S. Dairy Farms," Agricultural Economic Reports 307507, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307507
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307507
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    1. Gaede, Harold W. & Christensen, Robert L. & Ashraf, Muhammad, 1972. "An Economic Evaluation Of Selected Manure Disposal Systems," Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 1(1), pages 1-9.
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    1. Amosson, Stephen Harold, 1980. "Pasture management strategies for Iowa dairymen," ISU General Staff Papers 1980010108000017553, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.
    2. Bell, Bonita, 1975. "Economics of Agriculture: Reports and Publications Issued or Sponsored by USDA's Economic Research Service, July 1973-June 1974," Miscellaneous Publications 321806, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Vocke, Gary Frank, 1977. "Economic and environmental impacts on U.S. agriculture from insecticide, fertilizer, soil loss, and animal waste regulatory policies," ISU General Staff Papers 197701010800008588, Iowa State University, Department of Economics.

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