Manure Transfers in the Midwest and Factors Affecting Adoption of Manure Testing

Sarah Ali, Laura McCann and Jessica Allspach

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2012, vol. 44, issue 4, 533-548

Abstract: Using manure as a substitute for commercial fertilizer could potentially reduce fertilizer costs and also reduce non-point source pollution. Livestock farmers in Missouri and Iowa were surveyed regarding their manure management practices. Eighty-one percent of turkey farmers versus 5% of beef farmers transferred manure to other farmers. Fifty-one percent of farmers who transferred manure indicated it had been tested. Factors decreasing adoption included higher off-farm incomes, solid versus liquid manure, and more animal units per acre. Factors increasing adoption included distance transferred, a contract for the manure, payment, and thinking that manure testing was profitable.

Date: 2012
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