A Pilot Program to Assist CAFOs in Using Weather Data to Minimize Manure Management Risk

Raymond E. Massey and Christian R. Boessen

No 35527, 2005 Annual Meeting, February 5-9, 2005, Little Rock, Arkansas from Southern Agricultural Economics Association

Abstract: This paper summarizes a pilot project to disseminate site specific weather information that has been processed to estimate field runoff potential of land applied manure. Preliminary feedback indicate the program has value but that additional information is needed to understand how farmers use weather information to make decisions within the regulatory constraints they face.

Keywords: Environmental; Economics; and; Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18
Date: 2005
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.35527

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