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Managing Animal Wastes: Guidelines for Decisionmaking

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  • Christensen, L. A.
  • Trierweiler, J. R.
  • Ulrich, T. J.
  • Erickson, M. W.

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Economic concepts can help farmers evaluate changes needed in their waste management systems to meet the challenges of environmental regulations and of rising energy and fertilizer costs. The concepts of diminishing returns, fixed and variable costs, opportunity costs, budgeting, and amortization are applied to several typical livestock production situations--dairy herds in the Lake States, Southwest, and Southeast; a Corn Belt hog operation and a large confinement hog operation; and a Corn Belt cattle feeder operation. Although more intensive manure management generally preserves more nutrients, additional direct costs of meeting environmental goals or expanding operations exceed nutrient recovery benefits.

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  • Christensen, L. A. & Trierweiler, J. R. & Ulrich, T. J. & Erickson, M. W., 1981. "Managing Animal Wastes: Guidelines for Decisionmaking," Miscellaneous Publications 330147, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:330147
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.330147
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    1. Pherson, Carl L. & Hasbargen, Paul R. & Nodland, Truman R., 1977. "Beef Housing Economics for Farm-Feedlots," Economic Reports 8453, University of Minnesota, Department of Applied Economics.
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    1. Jones, Harold B., Jr. & Ogden, E. A., 1984. "Energy Potential from Livestock and Poultry Wastes in the South," Agricultural Economic Reports 307968, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Jones, Harold B. & Ogden, E. A., 1984. "Biomass Energy Potential From Livestock And Poultry Wastes In The Northeast," 1984 Annual Meeting, August 5-8, Ithaca, New York 279003, American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association).

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