Economic Potential For Biomass Energy From Livestock And Poultry Wastes In The South

'Livestock and poultry' wastes could produce significant amounts of bI energy if conventional energy prices continue to rise.. This study ettiros the recover/able energy potentially available from livestock and poultyy wateo in the southern United States in 1980 with projections for 1990 • The pcItentlal . energy from anaerobic digestion (JE dairy cow, hog, fed beef, and laying hen manurcs was 20.6 billion cubic feet of methane gas in 1980 with 20.6. trillion Btu's of enc!rgy; only slight increases are projected for 1990. Diroct burning .of litter from broilers, turkeys, and pullets could have produced 43.7- trirnon, Btu's of energy in 1980 with 58,6 trillion Btu's projected for 1990. The total potential farm value of biomass energy from these enterpries ranged from $141 to $446 million in 1980 and 43/40 million to $1.08 billion in 1990 depewling upon the types of conventional energy displaced. Biomass energy valuas ria highest when substituted for LP gas.