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Incorporating Environmentally Compliant Manure Nutrient Disposal Costs into Least-Cost Livestock Ration Formulation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 January 2015

Joleen C. Hadrich ,
Christopher A. Wolf ,
J. Roy Black  and
Stephen B. Harsh
Joleen C. Hadrich
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Christopher A. Wolf
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
J. Roy Black
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
Stephen B. Harsh
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
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Abstract

Livestock rations are formulated to minimize feed cost subject to nutritional requirements for a target performance level, which ignores the potentially substantial cost of disposing of nutrients fed in excess of nutritional requirements. We incorporate nutrient disposal costs into a modified least-cost ration formulation model to arrive at a joint least-cost decision that minimizes the sum of feed and net nutrient disposal costs. The method is demonstrated with phosphorus disposal costs on a representative dairy farm. Herd size, land availability and proximity, crop rotation, and initial soil phosphorus content are shown to be important in determining phosphorus disposal costs.

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environmental compliancelinear programminglivestock rationsmanure disposalC61Q12Q52
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 40 , Issue 1 , April 2007 , pp. 287 - 300
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2008

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