Abstract

The pound of beef in the supermarket meat counter is the result of 25 lbs of manure being left in the field and feedlot. Similar patterns of tremendous quantities of field and processing plant wastes per unit of consumable food exist for all other agricultural commodities. The waste management principles for agricultural wastes are the same as for any other of society's unwanteds, but the fortuitous (not-by-design) ability to dispose of or utilize many agricultural wastes back to the land is explored. The limitations, in economics, technology, and assimilative capacity are considered.

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