Data from: Chapter 5: Energy Use in Agriculture. U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018

The primary greenhouse gas (GHG) sources for agriculture are nitrous oxide (N2O) emissions from cropped and grazed soils, methane (CH4) emissions from ruminant livestock production and rice cultivation, and CH4 and N2O emissions from managed livestock waste. The management of cropped, grazed, and forestland has helped offset GHG emissions by promoting the biological uptake of carbon dioxide (CO2) through the incorporation of carbon into biomass, wood products, and soils, yielding a U.S. net emissions of 5,903 MMT CO2 eq (million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents). Net emissions equate to total greenhouse gas emissions minus CO2 sequestration in growing forests, wood products, and soils.

The report 'U.S. Agriculture and Forestry Greenhouse Gas Inventory: 1990-2018' serves to estimate U.S. GHG emissions for the agricultural sector, to quantify uncertainty in emission estimates, and to estimate the potential of agriculture to mitigate U.S. GHG emissions.

This dataset contains tabulated data from the figures and tables presented in Chapter 5, Energy Use in Agriculture, of the report. Data are presented for carbon dioxide emissions from on-farm energy use. Please refer to the report for full descriptions of and notes on the data.

Resources in this dataset:
Resource Title: Table 5-1.
File Name: Table5_1.csv
Resource Description: Energy Use and Carbon Dioxide Emissions by Fuel Source on U.S. Farms, 2018. Energy consumed is shown in the table as QBTU (quadrillion British thermal units). Carbon content is displayed as MMT C/QBTU (million metric tons carbon per quadrillion British thermal units). Emissions are shown as Tg CO2 eq. (teragrams carbon dioxide equivalent).

Resource Title: Data for Figure 5-1.
File Name: Figure5_1.csv
Resource Description: CO2 Emissions From Energy Use in Agriculture, by State, 2018 in MMT CO2 eq. (million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent).

Resource Title: Data for Figure 5-2.
File Name: Figure5_2.csv
Resource Description: Energy use in agriculture, by source, 1965–2018 in QBTU (quadrillion British thermal units).

Resource Title: Data for Figure 5-3.
File Name: Figure5_3.csv
Resource Description: CO2 Emissions from Energy Use in Agriculture, by Fuel Source, 2001, 2005, 2008, 2013, and 2018 in MMT CO2 eq. (million metric tons carbon dioxide equivalent).

Resource Title: Chapter 5 tables and figures.
File Name: Chapter 5 data.zip