Challenges and Opportunities for a Manure Market in Iowa
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2022
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Pudenz, Christopher C.
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Manure, which is produced as a joint product with the live-weight of animals and animal products (Roka and Hoag 1996; Ritz 2016), has long been utilized as fertilizer for crops and as a soil amendment (MacDonald et al. 2009). Utilizing manure for fertilizer is an efficient and potentially revenue-generating use of what otherwise would be a waste product. Additionally, given that a variety of livestock species and many operations produce manure, it serves as a source of fertilizer that is largely resilient to international shocks that have plagued the commercial fertilizer market.