Data from: U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018
The primary greenhouse gas (GHG) sources for agriculture are nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from cropped and grazed soils, methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock production and rice cultivation, and CH4 and N2O emissions from managed livestock waste. The management of cropped, grazed, and forestland has helped offset GHG emissions by promoting the biological uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) through the incorporation of carbon into biomass, wood products, and soils, yielding a U.S. net emissions of 5,903 MMT CO2 eq (million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents) in 2018. Net emissions equate to total greenhouse gas emissions minus CO2 sequestration in growing forests, wood products, and soils.
The report 'U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018' serves to estimate U.S. GHG emissions for the agricultural sector, to quantify uncertainty in emission estimates, and to estimate the potential of agriculture to mitigate U.S. GHG emissions.
This dataset contains zipped, tabulated data from the figures and tables, and maps of the entire report. Data are presented for Cropland Soils (N2O), Enteric Fermentation (CH4), Managed Livestock Waste (CH4 + N2O), Grazed Lands (CH4 + N2O), Rice Cultivation + Residue Burning (CH4 + N2O), Energy Use, Forests, Harvested Wood, Urban Trees, and Agricultural Soils. Please refer to the report for full descriptions of and notes on the data.
Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Chapter 2 Data.
File Name: Chapter 2 Data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures, maps, tables, and appendices from Chapter 2 (livestock and grazing) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018.
Resource Title: Chapter 4 Data.
File Name: Chapter 4 data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures, tables, and appendices from Chapter 4 (forests) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018.
Resource Title: Chapter 3 Data.
File Name: Chapter 3 Data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures, maps, tables, and appendices from Chapter 3 (cropland) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018.
Resource Title: Chapter 5 Data.
File Name: Chapter 5 data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures and tables from Chapter 5 (energy) for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018.
Resource Title: Chapter 1 Data.
File Name: Chapter 1 Data.zip
Resource Description: This zip file contains data from all figures and tables from Chapter 1 for the U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018.
Funding
USDA: 58-0111-19-019
History
Data contact name
Hanson, WesData contact email
wes.hanson@usda.govPublisher
Ag Data CommonsIntended use
Every year, USDA provides data, analysis, and support to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for their Inventory of U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, an official submission to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. USDA provides the data and analysis for the land use, land-use change, and forestry and agriculture chapters as well as the agriculture portion of the energy chapter. Emission and sink estimates are reported in aggregate on a national basis. Periodically, USDA utilizes the same data and methods to produce the USDA Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory. While the data and methods are consistent, the USDA report is disaggregated in order to show specific trends by land use or by region. Over the next few years, USDA and EPA will be updating key agricultural management practice and technology data. We expect that these new data inputs will significantly refine estimates of soil carbon, methane emissions from manure management systems, and nitrous oxide emissions from fertilizers.Use limitations
Some tabular data are not directly comparable between the USDA and EPA publications because of the report layout and variations in the grouping of source activities. For example, this report includes emissions from energy combusted on the farm; the EPA report addresses energy in a separate chapter and includes farm combustion plus other industrial processes, such as the manufacture of fertilizers that occurs off-farm.Temporal Extent Start Date
1990-01-01Temporal Extent End Date
2018-12-31Frequency
- periodic
Theme
- Not specified
Geographic Coverage
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United StatesISO Topic Category
- climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
- environment
- farming
National Agricultural Library Thesaurus terms
greenhouse gases; greenhouse gas emissions; nitrous oxide; soil; methane; ruminants; livestock production; Oryza sativa; crop production; rice; animal wastes; forest land; carbon dioxide; carbon; biomass; wood products; United States; carbon sequestration; forests; forestry; carbon footprint; agricultural industry; uncertainty; data collection; carbon sinks; USDA; environmental protection; inventories; United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change; land use change; energy; agricultural management; cover crops; conservation tillage; fertilizers; soil carbon; fermentation; farms; combustion; manufacturing; land use; Natural Resources Earth and Environmental Sciences; Farms and Farming Systems; Forest Science and Forest ProductsOMB Bureau Code
- 005:00 - Department of Agriculture
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- Public