What is the cropland data layer?

The Cropland Data Layer (CDL), hosted on CropScape, provides a raster, geo-referenced, crop-specific land cover map for the continental United States. The CDL also includes a crop mask layer and planting frequency layers, as well as boundary, water and road layers.

How do you cite cropland data layer?

What is the preferred citation for the Cropland Data Layer and CropScape? USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service Cropland Data Layer. {YEAR}. Published crop-specific data layer [Online].

How to cite USDA NASS Data?

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What is USDA NASS?

USDA – National Agricultural Statistics Service Homepage.

What is CropScape?

Developed within the USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS), CropScape is a web-based interactive map visualization, dissemination, and querying system for U.S. cropland.

Why is it important for the United States Department of Agriculture to keep accurate data records of land usage in each state?

Filing an accurate and timely acreage report for all crops and land uses, including failed acreage and prevented planted acreage, can prevent the loss of benefits.

When was the last agricultural census?

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service publishes a procedural history of the census of agriculture, the most recent being the 2007 Census of Agriculture: History [PDF 29.6MB].

Is the National Agricultural Classification Survey mandatory?

Response to the NACS is required by federal law for all who receive the questionnaire, even if the recipient is not an active farmer or rancher.

How does USDA collect data?

The data are collected using several methods: mail, telephone interview, personal interview or the operator can even report electronically. Data collection begins in late fall and continues through mid-January. Trained enumerators or census takers collect the data.