Evaluation of Manure Management Alternatives in Georgia

This report identifies three priority mitigation measures for cattle farm manure management in Georgia: storage covers, composting, and using manure as fertilizer. These measures could reduce sector emissions by 300–320 GgCO2e (nearly 10%), significantly higher than the ~1% reduction projected under CSAP measures for 2030. Other options were sidelined due to the prevalence of small-scale farming and unmanaged manure on pastures.

• The report prioritizes three specific mitigation measures for manure management emissions in Georgia, focusing exclusively on cattle farms: the use of covers during manure storage, composting, and the application of manure as fertilizer.
• Certain manure management practices were excluded for short-term implementation because Georgia's farming is primarily small-scale, limiting investment capacity, and a significant amount of manure is "unmanaged" on pasture, making collection difficult across public lands.
• The three prioritized mitigation options could collectively reduce emissions by 300–320 GgCO2e, which is just under 10% of the sector's emissions. This exceeds the ~1% reduction estimated for the agriculture sector's GHG emissions by 2030 under CSAP measures. Individually, composting could reduce emissions by up to 160 GgCO2e by 2030, and substituting synthetic fertilizers with organic manure-based fertilizers could reduce emissions by about 50 GgCO2e.

APA

NewClimate Institute (2022). Evaluation of Manure Management Alternatives in Georgia. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/evaluation-of-manure-management-alternatives-in-georgia

Chicago

NewClimate Institute. Evaluation of Manure Management Alternatives in Georgia. 2022. http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/evaluation-of-manure-management-alternatives-in-georgia.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{newclimateinstitute2022evaluation, author = {{NewClimate Institute}}, title = {{Evaluation of Manure Management Alternatives in Georgia}}, institution = {NewClimate Institute}, year = {2022}, month = sep, url = {http://www.newclimate.org/resources/publications/evaluation-of-manure-management-alternatives-in-georgia}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }