Managing Manure to Improve Air and Water Quality
by
Marcel Aillery, Noel Gollehon, Robert Johansson, Jonathan Kaplan,
Nigel Key, and
Marc Ribaudo
Economic Research Report No. (ERR-9) 65 pp, September 2005
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Animal waste from confined animal feeding operations is a potential source of air and water quality degradation. Pollution from animal waste poses challenges to farmers and to resource managers because it can affect multiple resources while environmental laws typically focus only on a single resource. This report assesses the economic and environmental tradeoffs between water quality policies and air quality policies that could require the animal sector to take potentially costly measures to abate pollution, based on a farm-level analysis of hog farms, a national analysis including all sectors, and a regional assessment in an area with high animal numbers.
Keywords: Animal waste, nitrogen, ammonia, water quality, air quality, nutrient management plan, manure management costs, price and quantity adjustments, CAFO
In this publication...
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Report summary, Pdf file 55 kb
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Abstract, Acknowledgments, Contents, and Summary, Pdf file 79 kb
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Introduction, Pdf file 50 kb
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Animal Agriculture and the Environment, Pdf file 165 kb
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Water-Air Tradeoffs at the Farm Level, Pdf file 132 kb
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National Effects of Coordinated Manure Management, Pdf file 507 kb
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Impact of Spatial Factors on the Costs of Manure Management: A Case Study of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed, Pdf file 375 kb
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Summary and Implications for Policy and Research, Pdf file 55 kb
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References, Pdf file 60 kb
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Appendix A, Pdf file 89 kb
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Appendix B, Pdf file 46 kb
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Appendix C, Pdf file 54 kb
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Appendix D, Pdf file 64 kb
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Entire report, Pdf file 1,151 kb
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