New Developments in U.S. Land-Use Data Collection & Analysis: Implications for Agriculture and Rural Land
Oct. 16-17, 2007
A collaboration of Farm Foundation and USDA Economic Research Service, this workshop was designed to increase awareness of new developments in land-use data collection as it applies to agriculture and rural land, examine opportunities and challenges for land-use modeling and other analyses,
and identify priorities for future data collection and research work. An executive summary has a prepared.
The October 2007 workshop was one of three examining relationships between agricultural production and resource and environmental quality, to broaden understanding of the economic, environmental and distributional impacts of agri-environmental programs. Other workshops focused on indicators of the effectiveness of domestic agri-environmental policy and international agri-environmental indicators compatiable across countries.
Tuesday, October 16
Workshop Objectives
Mary Bohman, USDA Economic Research Service
Workshop Objectives
Ruben Lubowski, Shawn Bucholtz and Vince Breneman, USDA Economic Research Service
Land Use Data and Agriculture
ERS Land Use Data for Policy Analysis: Past, Present and Future
Ralph Heimlich, Agricultural Conservation Economics
Satellite Imagery at USDA
Glenn Bethel, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Session 1: Survey-Based Land-Use Inventories
Analysing Changes in Agri-Environmental Conditions Using the National Resources Inventory (NRI/CEAP)
Jeffrey Goebel, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service
Forest Inventory and Analysis
Brad Smith, USDA Forest Service
Luncheon Speaker:
Seeing the Elephant: Multi-Disciplinary Measures of Urban Sprawl
Gerrit Knaap, National Center for Smart Growth Research and Education,
University of Maryland
Session 2: Research Presentations I—Survey-Based Data
Modeling the Spatial Distribution of Land Uses with National Resources Inventory Data
Andrew Plantinga, Oregon State University
Forestry Inventory and Analysis Research
David Wear, USDA Forest Service
Session 3: Administrative Data
FWS Wetlands Database and Wetlands Status and Trends
Mitch Bergeson, U.S. Geological Service
Common Land Unit
Ted Payne, USDA Farm Service Agency
Wednesday, October 17
Session 4: Research Presentations II—Administrative Data
Profiling Expiring CRP Acres Through the Use of the Common Land Unit Database
Shawn Bucholtz, USDA Economic Research Service
Session 5: Remote-Sensed Data
Land Cover Mapping Activites at the U.S. Geological Survey
Jonathan Smith, U.S. Geological Survey
The 2007 Cropland Data Layer
David Johnson, USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service
Session 6: Research Presentations III—Remote Sensed Data
Modeling Land Use with USGA Data
Terry Sohl, U.S. Geological Service
Cropland Data Layer Use in Forecasting Crop Production and Harvest
George Muehlbach, Deere & Company
Luncheon Speaker:
Satellite Views of Urbanization, Net Primary Production and Human Demand for Food and Fiber--Can the Earth Keep Up?
Marc Imhoff, Goddard
Space Flight Center, NASA
Session 7: Modeling Environmental Impacts of Land Use
Protecting Watershed Ecosystems Through Targeted Local Land Use Policies
JunJie Wu, Oregon State University
Development and Application of a Regional and Local Land Cover for Evaluating Bird Habitat and Conservation Impacts
Megan McLachlan, Playa Lakes Joint Venture, and
Ryan Reker, Rainwater Basin Joint Venture
Session 8: Land Use and Bioenergy Potential
Spatial Contours of Potential Biomass Crop Production and Competitive Land-Use Threats
Frank Howell, Mississippi State University
Wrap-Up Panel: Next Steps for Land-Use Data Collection
and Modeling
Kathleen Bell, University of Maine
Glenn Bethel, USDA Foreign Agricultural Service
Ralph Heimlich, Agricultural Conservation Economics