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Summary

This dataset provides livestock data for US Counties within the
contiguous US. Census data of cattle, poultry (fowl), hogs, horses and
sheep are provided. These data are estimated counts for 1990 based on
an average of 1987 and 1992 census data from US Dept. of Agriculture
(USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and the US Census
Bureau.
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EOS-WEBSTER provides seven datasets which provide county-level data on
agricultural management, crop production, livestock, soil properties,
geography and population. These datasets were assembled during the
mid-1990's to provide driving variables for an assessment of
greenhouse gas production from US agriculture using the DNDC
agro-ecosystem model [see, for example, Li et al. (1992),
J. Geophys. Res., 97:9759-9776; Li et al. (1996) Global
Biogeochem. Cycles, 10:297-306]. The data (except nitrogen fertilizer
use) were all derived from publicly available, national
databases. Each dataset has a separate DIF.

The US County data has been divided into seven datasets.

US County Data Datasets:

1) Agricultural Management
2) Crop Data (NASS Crop data)
3) Crop Summary (NASS Crop data)
4) Geography and Population
5) Land Use
6) Livestock Populations
7) Soil Properties

Related URL

Link: View Related Information Description: EOS-WEBSTER Earth Science Information Partner (ESIP) provides terrestrial ecosystem research data via a web-based search, subset and order system. Link: View Related Information Description: USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)

Geographic Coverage Spatial coordinates   

N: 50.0

S: 26.0

E: -66.0

W: -124.0

Temporal Coverage

Start Date: 1990-01-01 Stop Date: 1990-12-31

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES > LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS > CENSUS OF DAIRY AND BEEF CATTLE AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES > LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS > CENSUS OF HOGS AND PIGS AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES > LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS > CENSUS OF HORSES AND PONIES AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES > LIVESTOCK PRODUCTS > CENSUS OF SHEEP AND LAMBS AGRICULTURE > ANIMAL COMMODITIES > POULTRY PRODUCTS > CENSUS OF HENS, BROILERS AND TURKEYS

ISO Topic Category

FARMING ECONOMY

Project

ESIP > Earth Science Information Partners Program

Ancillary Keywords

BEEF CATTLE CATTLE DAIRY CATTLE HENS HOGS HORSES LIVESTOCK PIGS POULTRY SHEEP TURKEYS CONSERVATION

Data Center

EOS-WEBSTER, Complex Systems Research Center, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Univ. of New Hampshire Data Center URL: http://eos-webster.sr.unh.edu Data Center Personnel Name: DENISE BLAHA Phone: 1-603-862-3785 Fax: 603-862-0188 Email: support at cooa.sr.unh.edu Contact Address: Complex Systems Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Morse Hall University of New Hampshire City: Durham Province or State: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03824 Country: USA

Personnel

SHANNON SPENCER Role: DIF AUTHOR Phone: 603-862-1792 Fax: 603-862-0188 Email: shannon.spencer at unh.edu Contact Address: Complex Systems Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space Morse Hall University of New Hampshire City: Durham Province or State: New Hampshire Postal Code: 03824 Country: USA

Publications/References
Li et al. (1992), J. Geophys. Res., 97:9759-9776;
Li et al. (1996), Global Biogeochem. Cycles, 10:297-306

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-07-27 Last DIF Revision Date: 2005-09-23

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