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

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Jeffrey Mullen ,
Ulugbek Bekchanov ,
Berna Karali ,
David Kissel ,
Mark Risse ,
Kristin Rowles  and
Sam Collier
Jeffrey Mullen
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Ulugbek Bekchanov
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Berna Karali
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
David Kissel
Affiliation:
Soil, Plant and Water Lab, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Mark Risse
Affiliation:
Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia
Kristin Rowles
Affiliation:
Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, Albany, Georgia
Sam Collier
Affiliation:
Georgia Water Planning and Policy Center, Albany, Georgia
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Abstract

Concerns about nutrient loads into our waters have focused attention onpoultry litter applications. Like many states with a large poultry industry,Georgia recently designed a subsidy program to facilitate the transportationof poultry litter out of vulnerable watersheds. This paper uses atransportation model to examine the necessity of a poultry litter subsidy toachieve water protection goals in Georgia. We also demonstrate therelationship between diesel and synthetic fertilizer prices and the value ofpoultry litter. Results suggest that a well-functioning market would be ableto remove excess litter from vulnerable watersheds in the absence of asubsidy.

Keywords

fertilizerphosphorouspoultry littersubsidytransportation modelwater qualityQ12Q13Q25Q53
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 43 , Issue 4 , November 2011 , pp. 553 - 568
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2011

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