Transportation Demands of Livestock and Poultry Enterprises

Bulletin 889-01

Authors

Brian Roe
State Specialist, Livestock Economics
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1067

Robert Moore
Extension Associate
Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics
2120 Fyffe Road
Columbus, OH 43210-1067

Acknowledgements

Forest Muir
Professor and Associate Chair
OSUE-Animal Sciences (OSU Extension)
105 Gerlaugh
OARDC-Wooster
Wooster, OH 44691

Contents

• Introduction
• Additional Trips Potentially Attributable to New Animal-Production Facilities
  • Animal Outputs for 1,000-Animal-Unit Capacity
  • Potential New Trips Generated by Primary Inputs
  • Potential New Trips Generated by Outputs
  • Calculating Total Trips
  • Circumstances That May Alter Total-Trip Count
• Summary
• Literature Cited

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