Data/hora: 03/06/2024 00:48:08

Provedor de dados: | 31
País: | United States
Título: | How Far Can Poultry Litter Go? A New Technology for Litter Transport
Autores: | Carreira,   Rita I.; Young,   Kenneth B.; Goodwin,   Harold L., Jr.; Wailes,   Eric J.
Data: | 2008-06-10
Ano: | 2007
Palavras-chave: | Baling poultry litter; Barge transportation; Cost minimization; Manure management; Mathematical programming; Nutrient surplus; Poultry litter; Truck transportation; Agribusiness; Crop Production/Industries; C61; C65; Q12; Q30; Q53.
Resumo: | Exporting northwest Arkansas excess turkey and broiler litter to partially fertilize nutrient-deficient cropland in eastern Arkansas can be more cost effective than to supply all crop nutrients with chemical fertilizer only, given current high fertilizer prices.  Cost savings are greater if litter is baled in ultraviolet resistant plastic and transported via truck, since backhaul opportunities reduce truck rates, or alternatively, if raw litter is shipped via a truck-barge combination.  Rice is the crop that allows for greater savings according to a mathematical programming model implemented in General Algebraic Modeling System (GAMS).
Tipo: | Journal Article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://purl.umn.edu/37050
Relação: | Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics&gt;Volume 39, Number 03, December 2007
Formato: | 13