Table 3. Surplus and Deficit Amounts of Broiler Litter in Each County Based on the Phosphorus Requirement of Corn, Cotton, Hay, and Wheat in North Alabama

Litter surplus counties

Amount of surplus litter (tons)

Litter deficit counties

Amount of deficit litter (tons)
Blount 78,503 Cherokee 16,795
Calhoun 7,117 Colbert 33,731
Clay 20,661 Fayette 7,715
Cleburne 20,463 Jackson 9,740
Cullman 227,026 Jefferson 7,700
DeKalb 110,386 Lamar 8,091
Etowah 13,578 Lauderdale 50,831
Franklin 35,850 Lawrence 18,853
Marion 1,642 Limestone 86,068
Marshall 79,772 Madison 75,324
Morgan 19,226 Shelby 15,695
Pickens 24,147 Talladega 15,284
Randolph 20,238 Tuscaloosa 11,309
St. Clair 19,523    
Walker 40,972    
Winston 36,311    

NOTES:

1.  Recommended amounts of N:P2O5 :K2O for each crop are obtained from the ACES enterprise budget booklet.
2.  Statistics on crop acreage and poultry production in each county in North Alabama is obtained from Alabama Agricultural Statistics Services.
3.  Deficit and Surplus counties are identified using phosphorus-consistent crop nutrient need for four major crops and total broiler production in a county.