Virginia Grain Handling Practices and Corn for Poultry Litter Exchange Program

In the past twenty years the grain industry has experienced production declines in Virginia due to inability to compete with Midwestern grain producers. During this same time, consumption of grain by the poultry industry in Virginia has expanded rapidly. The levels of production and consumption of grain in Virginia are calculated and described on a state, regional, and county basis. Handling, storage, and marketing practices of grain in Virginia are assessed and described. Several different alternatives are presented and evaluated to determine their ability to improve the competitive position of Virginia corn with Midwestern states through the use of poultry litter to decrease production costs and present opportunities for producers to achieve better prices.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Science

Level thesis:degree_level

masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Department dc:contributor.department

Agricultural and Applied Economics

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1999

Author dc:creator

• Pelletier, Beth Ann

Chair dc:contributor.committeechair

• Kenyon, David E.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Taylor, Daniel B.
• Pease, James W.

• fertilizer
• exchange
• grain
• corn
• poultry litter
• phosphorous

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Dc Identifier Other

etd-081599-202735

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/34571