Nutrient and Poultry Litter Management

The 1997 pfiesteria outbreak in the Chesapeake Bay underscored the importance of managing farm nutrients to protect the environment.  Maryland’s Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998 required farmers to use manure and chemical fertilizers in accordance with approved nutrient management plans designed to reduce nutrient leaching and runoff that can harm the Bay.  Research and extension faculty at the University of Maryland have analyzed the likely economic impacts of the Act and have discussed ways government can make compliance easier and less costly.

Publications

Erik Lichtenberg, Doug Parker, and Lori Lynch, “Economic Analysis of Poultry Litter Supplies”, Policy Analysis Report 02-02, Center for Agricultural and Natural Resource Policy, University of Maryland, College Park, October 2002.

Lynch, Lori and Robert Tjaden, “Forest Landowner’s Willingness to Use Poultry Litter, ” Economic Viewpoints, Spring 2002.

Erik Lichtenberg and Doug Parker, “Nutrient Management in Maryland: A 1998 Snapshot”, Economic Viewpoints Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Winter 2001.

Lynch, Lori, and Robert Tjaden,  “Landowners’ Attitudes toward Poultry Litter,” in William R. Miles, ed., Assessing the Interest and Capability for Private Forest Landowners’ Involvement in Utilizing Poultry Litter on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, (Huntingtown, Md.: Association of Forest Industries, Inc., December 2000).

Doug Parker, "Alternative Uses for Poultry Litter,"  Economic Viewpoints, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, Summer 1998.

Doug Parker, "The Economic Costs of Implementing the Maryland Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998," in Proceedings of "Pfiesteria: Where Do We Go From Here?  Economics of Policy Options for Nutrient Management and Dinoflagellates."  Laurel, Maryland, November 1998.

Presentations

Doug Parker, “Economic Uses of Poultry Litter”, presentation to State of the Science Forum, Wye Mills, Maryland, July 17, 2003.

Doug Parker, “WQIA and Other Pollution Control Measures”, special briefing for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, Maryland, May 29, 2003.

Doug Parker, “The Use of Poultry Litter”, special briefing for the Maryland Department of Agriculture, Annapolis, Maryland, May 29, 2003.

Erik Lichtenberg, “Economic Analysis of Poultry Litter Supplies”, presented to the Maryland Agriculture Commission, Annapolis, Maryland, January 8, 2003.

Doug Parker,  "Economic Impacts of Recent and Prospective State and Federal Water Quality Regulations,"  Fourth Annual:  Agricultural Outlook and Policy Conference,  Wye Research and Education Center, Maryland,  November 2000.

Doug Parker,  "Off-Site Uses for Poultry Litter," Maryland Association of Soil Conservation Districts, Annapolis, Maryland, January 1999.

Doug Parker,  "The Economic Costs of Implementing the Maryland Water Quality Improvement Act of 1998," Pfiesteria: Where Do We Go From Here?  Economics of Policy Options for Nutrient Management and Dinoflagellates,  Laurel, Maryland, November 1998.

Doug Parker,  "Transportation Out of the Production Region,"  Manure Happens!  What Can We Do With It? Chesapeake Bay Commission, Annapolis, Maryland.  January 1998.