The economics of land application of fresh and composted broiler litter with an environmental constraint

Vervoort, R W; Keeler, A G

doi:10.1006/jema.1999.0260

Title: The economics of land application of fresh and composted broiler litter with an environmental constraint

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Land application of broiler litter is a common disposal method due to its value as a fertilizer substitute, but presents potential environmental problems because of nutrient runoff. Composting has been suggested as an alternative due to the formation of more stable organic components. The land application of fresh and composted broiler litter are compared as alternative disposal methods. The costs of land application of broiler litter are dominated by spreading because of low nutrient densities relative to commercial fertilizers. Composting broiler litter before land application appears to be substantially less economically attractive than land application of fresh broiler litter because of high costs of production and higher spreading costs due to even lower nutrient density. However, when environmental constraints are placed on the phosphorus concentration from hayfield runoff, composting becomes a more attractive alternative. Composting becomes more viable as the land base for application becomes smaller relative to broiler production; as alternative disposal costs for litter become higher; and as environmental constraints become stricter.

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Vervoort, R W; Keeler, A G ^[1]

Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States). Dept. of Agricultural and Applied Economics

Publication Date:: Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1999

OSTI Identifier:: 6446843

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Journal of Environmental Management

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 55:4; Journal ID: ISSN 0301-4797

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; AGRICULTURAL WASTES; COMPOSTING; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; GROUND DISPOSAL; WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION; MANAGEMENT; ORGANIC WASTES; PROCESSING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; 320305* - Energy Conservation, Consumption, & Utilization- Industrial & Agricultural Processes- Industrial Waste Management; 540220 - Environment, Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)

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                    Vervoort, R W, and Keeler, A G. The economics of land application of fresh and composted broiler litter with an environmental constraint.  United States: N. p., 1999. 
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  author       = {Vervoort, R W and Keeler, A G},

  abstractNote = {Land application of broiler litter is a common disposal method due to its value as a fertilizer substitute, but presents potential environmental problems because of nutrient runoff. Composting has been suggested as an alternative due to the formation of more stable organic components. The land application of fresh and composted broiler litter are compared as alternative disposal methods. The costs of land application of broiler litter are dominated by spreading because of low nutrient densities relative to commercial fertilizers. Composting broiler litter before land application appears to be substantially less economically attractive than land application of fresh broiler litter because of high costs of production and higher spreading costs due to even lower nutrient density. However, when environmental constraints are placed on the phosphorus concentration from hayfield runoff, composting becomes a more attractive alternative. Composting becomes more viable as the land base for application becomes smaller relative to broiler production; as alternative disposal costs for litter become higher; and as environmental constraints become stricter.},

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  year         = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1999},

  month        = {Thu Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1999}

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