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| Park, Seong Cheol; Vitale, Jeffrey D.; Turner, Jason Clemn; Stoecker, Arthur L.; Hattey, Jeffory A.. |
| The projected long-run increase in corn prices from $2.50 to $3.50 per bushel is expected to have a similar effect on feed prices, pushing up feed costs by as much as 50 percent. With feed costs on the rise, increasing forage production through more intensive management techniques becomes a potentially viable option. This study uses experimental data from a seven-year study in the Oklahoma Panhandle to assess the economic feasibility of intensifying forage production. Four commonly used forage grasses in the region were field tested using two alternative fertilizer sources – swine effluent and urea. The results found that only the two cool season grasses – orchard grass and wheatgrass – generated positive economic returns under intensification. |
| Tipo: Article |
Palavras-chave: Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2011 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/118955 |
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| Stoecker, Arthur L.; Sanders, Dee Ann; Whitacre, Brian E.. |
| This paper seeks to develop a methodology that will be useful for rural water districts in assessing the future of their water systems infrastructure. In particular, the use of free water simulation software and publicly available data on population, roads, and terrain present rural water systems with the opportunity to analyze their existing distribution system and forecast where problems are likely to occur. This methodology will allow various alternatives (such as consolidation with a neighboring system, or pipe upgrades) to be evaluated and the costs of implementing these alternatives to be explored. Finally, different avenues for funding the associated costs can be summarized and presented to the community, including the steps needed to apply for... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Rural Water; Infrastructure; Simulation; EPANET; Community/Rural/Urban Development; R53; R58. |
| Ano: 2009 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/56526 |
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| Ancev, Tihomir; Carter, Scott D.; Stoecker, Arthur L.. |
| Livestock waste management issues are of growing environmental concern in the United States and elsewhere. Lowering the quantity of nutrients excreted by pigs can ease associated environmental problems and at the same time can reduce waste management costs. Reduction in nutrient excretion can be achieved by feeding pigs with low crude protein diets. The paper develops a procedure for calculation of swine waste management costs as function of four dietary regimes. Feeding low crude protein diets significantly reduced amount of nitrogen excreted by pigs. As a result, reduction in waste management costs may be achieved, especially when the pig farm does not have enough land to apply all the manure it generates. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Livestock Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/19659 |
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| Bocoum, Kolado; Stoecker, Arthur L.. |
| The objective was to compare optimal long-term farm level investments in conservation tillage systems and annual nitrogen use in wheat production from a private and social perspective. The performance of four tillage systems was simulated on a 243 hectare (600-acre) Oklahoma wheat farm with six soil types. A decomposition method was used to find the optimal tillage system. It was found that private producers would select a disk chisel system while the less erosive sweep system was optimal from a social perspective. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries. |
| Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/36484 |
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| Ancev, Tihomir; Stoecker, Arthur L.. |
| Phosphorus pollution from excessive litter application causes eutorphication of lakes in the Eucha-Spavinaw watershed in eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Consequent algal blooms impair the taste of municipal water supply drawn from the watershed. The paper shows how GIS data based biophysical modeling can be used to derive spatially optimal, least-cost allocation of management practices to reduce phosphorus runoff in the watershed. Transportation activities were added to the model so that transport of litter within and out of the watershed was possible. Results from the mathematical program suggest that uniform regulation of litter application is excessively costly regulatory measure and hence a regulation that assigns management practices according... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35005 |
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| Kizer, Michael A.; Stoecker, Arthur L.; Carreira, Rita I.; Hattey, Jeffory A.. |
| This study compares subsurface drip irrigation and sprinkler irrigation with respect to expected returns, aquifer life, nutrient utilization and accumulation in the production of irrigated corn using swine effluent and fresh groundwater from a depleting aquifer in the Oklahoma Panhandle. Most of the equations estimated econometrically had heteroskedasticity problems and MLE was used. The econometric estimation of a PDF of ammonia volatilization dependent on amount of nitrogen applied, for each irrigation system, was successful and is the basis for developing a stochastic chain for the soil nitrogen carryover equation. The results of the stochastic dynamic programming model are still being developed and will be presented at the conference. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Crop Production/Industries; Environmental Economics and Policy. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/20110 |
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