Farmer Willingness to Supply Poultry Litter for Energy Conversion and to Invest in an Energy Conversion Cooperative

Kimberly Jensen, Roland Roberts, Ernest F. Bazen, Robert Menard and Burton English

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 42, issue 01, 15

Abstract: Conversion of poultry litter to energy can serve as a renewable energy source and provide an alternative to land application in areas where poultry production is intensive. Economies of size may limit a farmer’s ability to economically use on-farm conversion. Capital costs can be spread across several poultry farmers to convert poultry litter to energy in a centralized facility. This research determined influences on the amount of litter poultry producers will to sell to a centralized conversion facility, on their willingness to invest in a conversion cooperative, and on the prices for litter required to divert litter from current uses.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural Finance; Farm Management; Financial Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.57156

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