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Phosphorus-Based Applications of Livestock Manure and the Law of Unintended Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2005

F. Bailey Norwood  and
Jan Chvosta
F. Bailey Norwood
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK
Jan Chvosta
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC
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Abstract

The application of manure phosphorus at rates above crop uptake has resulted in water pollution for some regions. In response, new manure management standards will require some farms to match manure phosphorus application rates with crop uptake. For some regions, this will lead to more crop acres and a shift toward crops with greater nutrient uptake, both of which will increase nitrogen runoff. The greater nitrogen runoff could offset the lower phosphorus runoff to result in greater water pollution. This demonstrates the law of unintended consequences, which results when policy does not consider how economic agents respond to incentives.

Keywords

best management practiceeutrophicationmanure managementnutrient runoffphosphorus standardspollution controlwater pollutionD6Q1Q2
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Articles
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , April 2005 , pp. 79 - 90
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 2005

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