Louisiana State University LSU Digital Commons LSU Master's Theses Graduate School 2013 Assessing the efficiency of alternative best management practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution in the broiler production region of Louisiana Bryan Gottshall Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses Part of the Agricultural Economics Commons Recommended Citation Gottshall, Bryan, "Assessing the efficiency of alternative best management practices to reduce nonpoint source pollution in the broiler production region of Louisiana" (2013). LSU Master's Theses. 1783. https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/1783 This Thesis is brought to you for free and open access by the Graduate School at LSU Digital Commons. It has been accepted for inclusion in LSU Master's Theses by an authorized graduate school editor of LSU Digital Commons. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. ASSESSING THE EFFICIENCY OF ALTERNATIVE BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICES TO REDUCE NONPOINT SOURCE POLLUTION IN THE BROILER PRODUCTION REGION OF LOUISIANA A Thesis Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in The Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness by Bryan Gottshall B.S., Mercy College, 2009 December 2013 Acknowledgements I would first and foremost like to thank my parents Kathleen McLeod and Thomas Gottshall for their love and support throughout my life. Without the support of my family, I would never have made it anywhere in life, much less through graduate school. I would like to thank my major advisor Dr.