Manure Management for Water Quality : Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of Applying Manure Nutrients to Land

Nutrients from livestock & poultry manure are key sources of water pollution. Ever-growing numbers of animals per farm & per acre have increased the risk of water pollution. New Clean Water Act regulations compel the large confined animal producers to meet nutrient application standards when applying manure to the land, & USDA encourages all animal feeding operations to do the same. The additional costs for managing manure (such as hauling manure off the farm) have implications for feedgrain producers & consumers as well. This report¿s farm level analysis examines onfarm technical choice & producer costs across major U.S. production areas for hauling manure to the minimum amount of land needed to assimilate manure nutrients. Illustrations.Ribaudo, Marc is the author of 'Manure Management for Water Quality : Costs to Animal Feeding Operations of Applying Manure Nutrients to Land', published 2007 under ISBN 9781422317693 and ISBN 1422317692.