The manure hits the land: Economic and environmental implications when land application of nutrients is constrained

American Journal of Agricultural Economics

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 688-700

  Kaplan, Jonathan D ^a   Johansson, Robert C ^b   Peters, Mark ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c Marketing Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal agriculture; Sector analysis; Water quality

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL RUNOFF; MANURE; NUTRIENT ENRICHMENT; POLLUTION CONTROL; WATER QUALITY;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 3242684150     PISSN: 00029092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0002-9092.2004.00611.x     Document Type: Article

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