Title:

County-level agroforestry reported in the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture

Author(s):

Kellerman, Todd A.

Publication Year:

2023

How to Cite:

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Kellerman, Todd A. 2023. County-level agroforestry reported in the 2017 U.S. Census of Agriculture. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2023-0044

Abstract:

Agroforestry is the intentional integration of trees and shrubs into crop and animal farming systems. Understanding agroforestry adoption in the United States is critical to serve as a baseline of existing systems and for future planning purposes. Currently there is very little information available, at a national level, that can fill in this critical information gap. No nationwide inventory of agroforestry currently exists. The 2017 Census of Agriculture (COA) from the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) was determined to be the most robust dataset to assess which farms are using agroforestry. While the COA does not differentiate the type of agroforestry used (e.g., windbreak, silvopasture, forest farming, alley cropping, riparian forest buffer) it does provide county-level numbers of farms practicing agroforestry. These raw numbers, available from the NASS website in tabular format, can then be joined to county-level datasets to provide thematic maps. This publication contains vector polygon spatial data in multiple formats that include the number of farms reporting agroforestry, the total number of farms, and the percent of farms using agroforestry for each county in the U.S as of 2017.

Keywords:

agroforestry; windbreaks; silvopasture; alley cropping; forest farming; farming; environment; Inventory, Monitoring, & Analysis; Resource inventory; Natural Resource Management & Use; Agroforestry; United States; CONUS; Alaska; Hawaii

Related publications:

• USDA-National Agricultural Statistics Service. 2019. 2017 census of agriculture: United States summary and state data. Geographic Area Series. AC-17-A-51. Washington, D.C.: United States Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. 820 p. https://www.nass.usda.gov/Publications/AgCensus/2017/index.php
• Smith, Matthew M.; Bentrup, Gary; Kellerman, Todd; MacFarland, Katherine; Straight, Richard; Ameyaw, Lord. 2022. Agroforestry Extent in the United States: A Review of National Datasets and Inventory Efforts. Agriculture. 12(5): 726-742. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture12050726 https://www.fs.usda.gov/research/treesearch/64548

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