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  • Manure Transfers in the Midwest and Factors Affecting Adoptionof Manure Testing

  • Sarah Ali, Laura McCann, Jessica Allspach
  • Journal:
    Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics / Volume 44 / Issue 4 / November 2012
    Published online by Cambridge University Press:
    26 January 2015, pp. 533-548

  • Using manure as a substitute for commercial fertilizer could potentiallyreduce fertilizer costs and also reduce non-point source pollution.Livestock farmers in Missouri and Iowa were surveyed regarding their manuremanagement practices. Eighty-one percent of turkey farmers versus 5% of beeffarmers transferred manure to other farmers. Fifty-one percent of farmerswho transferred manure indicated it had been tested. Factors decreasingadoption included higher off-farm incomes, solid versus liquid manure, andmore animal units per acre. Factors increasing adoption included distancetransferred, a contract for the manure, payment, and thinking that manuretesting was profitable.