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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

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

Titel

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

Ist Teil von

• Journal of agricultural and applied economics, 2011-11, Vol.43 (4), p.553-568

Ort / Verlag

New York, USA: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2011

Quelle

EZB Electronic Journals Library

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• 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.