Economic Analysis of Manure Harvesting Equipment in Feedyards for Dust Control
| dc.creator | Bretz, Fran E. | |
| dc.creator | Amosson, Stephen H. | |
| dc.creator | Warminski, Patrick L. | |
| dc.creator | Marek, Thomas H. | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T13:58:55Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T05:01:31Z | |
| dc.description | This study concentrated on one method of dust control which is harvesting manure with equipment. An economic analysis including hourly fixed and operational costs were performed on the following: tractor-pulled box scraper, front-end loader, dump truck, spreader truck, elevating scraper and tractor-pulled end dump. The purpose of this study was to generate cost data for feedyard owners/operators to reference when making manure management and equipment purchasing decisions. | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.56438 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56438/files/SAEA%201-15-10.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56438 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/557939 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/56438 | |
| dc.title | Economic Analysis of Manure Harvesting Equipment in Feedyards for Dust Control | |
| dc.type | Text |