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MODELING FIRM SPATIAL INTERDEPENDENCE USING NATIONAL DATA COVERAGES: A REGIONAL APPLICATION TO MANURE MANAGEMENT |
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| Authors: | MARCEL AILLERY NOEL GOLLEHON VINCE BRENEMAN SHAWN BUCHOLTZ |
| Institution: | 1. ERS‐RESP, Rm. S‐4204, 1800 M Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20036‐5831, Resource and Rural Economics Division, Economic Research Service, USDAE‐mail: maillery@ers.usda.gov, Corresponding author;2. Resource Economics and Social Sciences Division, Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA;3. Information Services Division, Economic Research Service, USDA;4. Conservation and Environmental Programs Division, Farm Service Agency, USDA |
| Abstract: | Abstract A regional modeling framework using national data series is developed to estimate the net cost of land‐applying manure under possible policy provisions to limit water‐ and air‐quality emissions. The modeling framework, applied to the Chesapeake Bay watershed, integrates GIS‐based spatial data within an optimization model to capture spatial effects at a subwatershed scale. |
| Keywords: | Regional optimization geographic information systems spatial data manure management confined animals nutrient policies Chesapeake Bay |