Inclusion of the social costs of N2O emissions increases the financial benefits from N inhibitor use on corn production in Ontario, Canada
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Abstract
Context Crop agriculture contributes to climate change from N application, including direct nitrous oxide (N 2 O) emissions and indirect N 2 O emissions from volatilized ammonia (NH 3 ) and leached nitrate (NO 3 − ). To achieve future climate goals, the government of Canada seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture N use by 30 % by 2030, including the use of N inhibitors. Objective This study examines the effects of N inhibitor use, with UAN and urea, at different N rates, on the financial and environmental performance of corn production in Elora, Ontario. Methods The study employs a bioeconomic model that incorporates yield, and environmental effects generated by the De-nitrification De-composition (DNDC) model with an economic maximization model that chooses optimal private (from a producer standpoint), and social (from a social planner standpoint) inhibitor use and N rate for two N sources, based on 30 weather-years. Results and conclusions The results indicate that, from an average private financial perspective, combined nitrification and urease inhibitors on corn production in Elora, Ontario, may not maximize profit with UAN or urea under the baseline price conditions ($302/t corn; $1.79/kg N). However, a variety of factors could make inhibitor use profitable: 1) specific weather conditions; 2) lower N rates; 3) consideration of social profits; 4) increasing social costs of N 2 O emissions; and 5) enhanced yield effects around 2 %. Therefore, the results show that inhibitor application can be recommended when there are favourable yield and weather conditions, when social costs are considered, and when applying N rates below the private economic optimum. N inhibitors may also reduce direct and indirect emissions from UAN application by between 33 % and 19.8 %, and Urea by between 17.7 % and 11.8 %, becoming less effective as the N application rate increases from 100 kg N/ha to 225 kg N/ha. Significance Inhibitors could play an important role in both on-farm GHG mitigation efforts and enhanced financial performance.
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| Open science | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Research integrity | 0.000 | 0.000 |
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