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continue to be stewards of the land by promoting soil health, conserving water,
enhancing wildlife, efficiently using nutrients and caring for their animals. For
enhancing wildlife, efficiently using nutrients and caring for their animals. For
decades they have pushed past the boundaries of innovation by investing indecades they have pushed past the boundaries of innovation by investing inagriculturalresearch and adopting practices with the goals of improving
agricultural research and adopting practices with the goals of improving
productivity,
providingclean
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chemicals.
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materials
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includecrops,
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Total Farm Inputs*
Total
Total Farm
Farm Inputs*
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Total
Total Agricultural
Agricultural Output**
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>15% Of All Farmland Is Used For Conservation & Wildlife Habitat Efforts 3/ 4/>15% Of All Farmland Is Used For Conservation& Wildlife Habitat Efforts 3/
3/ 4/
4/
*

+140,000,000 Acres+140,000,000 Acres*Total acres U.S. farmers have enrolled in certain
USDA conservation programs. Equal to the total
Total acres
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Sustainable Soil Use & Resource Conservation Efforts Increased
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions Are Trending DOWN In U.S. Agriculture* 2/ 5/
Greenhouse
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*Pounds of carbon dioxide equivalent GHG emissions per bushel of corn and soybeans produced, per pound of cotton lint produce d, per pound of rice, milk beef and pork produced.

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Data Sources:
FFASF
represents
U.S.
farmersEconomic
andcommittedproducing
thefeedandsupply.
United States Departmentof Agriculture’s
Natural food,Resources
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Service
1/United States
DepartmentU.S.
of Agriculture’s
Research ServiceFFASF
represents
farmersand ranchers
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committed toto4/sustainably
sustainably
producing
the world’s
world’sfood,feedand fiber
fibersupply.
2/ Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer
5/ Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, 2016. Environmental andData Sources:
3/United
States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics
Socioeconomic Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On Farm Agricultural
DataSources:
4/ United States Department of Agriculture’s Natural Resources Conservation Service
1/ United States Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service
CensusDepartmentof Agriculturein theDepartment
United States(Third Edition).
ISBN:Resources
978-0-692-81902-9
4/Production
United Statesof Agriculture’s
NaturalConservation Service
1/ServiceUnited Statesof Agriculture’s Economic Research Service
2/ Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer
5/ Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, 2016. Environmental and2/ Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory Data Explorer
5/ Field to Market: The Alliance for Sustainable Agriculture, 2016. Environmental and3/ United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics
Socioeconomic Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On Farm Agricultural
3/ United States Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics
Socioeconomic Indicators for Measuring Outcomes of On Farm Agricultural
Production in the United States (Third Edition). ISBN: 978-0-692-81902-9
Service Census of Agriculture
Service Census of Agriculture
Production in the United States (Third Edition). ISBN: 978-0-692-81902-9