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How Far Can Poultry Litter Go? A New Technology for Litter Transport

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: Exporting northwest Arkansas excess turkey and broiler litter to partially fertilize nutrient-deficient cropland in eastern Arkansas can be more cost effective than to supply all crop nutrients with chemical fertilizer only, given current high fertilizer prices. Cost savings are greater if litter is baled in ultraviolet resistant plastic and transported via truck, since backhaul opportunities reduce truck rates, or alternatively, if raw litter is shipped via a truck-barge combination. Rice is the crop that allows for greater savings according to a mathematical programming model implemented in General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS).

Source: Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics

DOI: 10.1017/s1074070800023300

Authors: R.I. Carreira, K.B. Young, H.L. Goodwin, E.J. Wailes

Institution: University of Arkansas at Fayetteville

Language: English

Topic: Agricultural economics and policies

Subfield: Economics and Econometrics

Field: Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Responsible consumption and production, Zero hunger, Life on land, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1551848252

FWCI: 3.513

Cites: 10

Cited by: 19

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