Phosphorus-based management of broiler litter as agricultural fertilizer

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-1-2002

Abstract

We calculated the profitability of using broiler litter as a source of plant nutrients using the phosphorus consistent litter application rule. The cost saving by using litter is 37% over the use of chemical fertilizer alone to meet the nutrient needs of major crops grown in Alabama. In the optimal solution, only a few routes of all the possible routes developed were used for inter- and intra-county litter hauling. If litter is not adopted as the sole source of crop nutrients, the best environmental policy may be to pair the phosphorus consistent rule with taxes, marketable permits, and subsidies. © 2003, Baywood Publishing Co., Inc.

Publication Source (Journal or Book title)

Journal of Environmental Systems

First Page

311

Last Page

339

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