US County Crop Acreage And Yield Statistics 1972-1998

County-level data for crop acreage, production, and yield for 22 field crops in the United States from 1972 to 1998. The data was compiled by the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) and aggregated by SCIOPS for greenhouse gas modeling. It includes separate datasets for individual crop varieties and summary data by crop.

Use Cases

• Analyze yield trends over time for specific crops like corn or wheat using the 'yield' metric.
• Compare irrigated versus non-irrigated production areas using the subsettable irrigation flag.
• Model sucrose content for relevant crops like sugar beets using the included sucrose data field.
• Aggregate county-level production data to regional totals using the 'production' and 'acreage' statistics.

Strengths

• Covers 22 different field crops.
• Provides 27 years of historical data from 1972 to 1998.
• Allows analysis by irrigation status.

Limitations

• Data is outdated, ending in 1998.
• Specific row counts and column names are unknown.
• Geographic coverage is limited to the United States.

Provenance

Source

National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS)

Collection Method

Derived from publicly available national databases.

Time Range

1972 through 1998

Freshness

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Geography

United States county-level