EPA's Approach to Controlling Pollution from Animal Feeding Operations: An Economic Analysis

Johnson, Renée; Wheeler, William J.; Christensen, Lee A.

doi:10.2307/1244110

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“…Certain types of livestock agriculture have also become more geographically concentrated, occasionally in regions distant from the locus of crop production (McBride and Key 2013). Simultaneously, there has been continuous growth in the size of livestock operations; these larger operations often involve intensive production methods that result in the potential to apply more nutrients than needed (Johnson, Wheeler, and Christensen 1999).…”

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Do Nutrient Management Plans Actually Manage Nutrients? Evidence from a Nationally‐Representative Survey of Hog Producers

Sneeringer¹,

Key²,

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2018

Applied Eco Perspectives Pol

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A nutrient management plan (NMP) specifies recommended practices to match applied nutrients with crops' uptake capacity. Because monitoring nutrient applications is difficult, regulators instead oversee NMP adoption. In this paper we examine whether having NMPs make hog farms more likely to adopt nutrient management practices. We estimate nutrient application and uptake rates to assess whether operations with NMPs are less likely to over-apply nutrients. Using an endogenous treatment effects model to control for potential confounding and selection bias, we find that NMPs are positively correlated with the adoption of nutrient management practices, as well as with the reduced application of excess nutrients.

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confidence: 99%