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Innovators
Veterinarians
Agronomists
ConservationistsFinanciers
Engineers
Risk Takers
Economists Meteorologist
TRANSPORTATION28.7%
ELECTRICITY GENERATION27.5%
INDUSTRY22.4%
AGRICULTURE9.0%
COMMERCIAL6.5%
RESIDENTIAL5.2%
U.S. TERRITORIES0.7%
Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bureau Calculations
Agriculture’s Role in The Climate Conversation Economic Sector IPCC Sector
U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, 2017
ENERGY84.1%
AGRICULTURE8.4%
INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES5.5%
WASTE2.0%
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Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle Swine Other
Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bureau Calculations
U.S. Livestock Emissions as a Percent of Total GHG Emissions, Based on IPCC Sector, 1990 to 2017 in CO2 Equivalents
Beef Cattleemissions represented 1.95% of total GHG emissions in 2017
Dairy Cattleemissions represented 0.67% of total GHG emissions in 2017
Swine emissions represented 0.04% of total GHG emissions in 2017
Animal Agriculture’s Role in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Less than 3%
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Source: Environmental Protection Agency, USDA FAS PSD Online, Farm Bureau Calculations
Index of Methane Emissions Per Unit of Production for Beef, Dairy and Swine, 1990 = 100
-25%DairyEmissions per unit of milk production have declined by nearly 25% since 1990
-7%BeefEmissions per unit of beef production have declined by more than 7% since 1990, and was more than 10% lower in recent years
-19%SwineEmissions per unit of pork production have declined by more than 19% since 1990
Ag Innovation Provided An Opportunity for Livestock to Get Better & Lower GHG Footprint
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Source: USDA NASS, Farm Bureau Calculations
Farmers Today Do More With Fewer Acres
-40 MillionIt requires 33% fewer acres in 2018 to produce corn than it would have in 1990
-4 MillionIt requires 27% fewer acres in 2018 to produce cottonthan it would have in 1990
-42 MillionIt requires 33% fewer acres in 2018 to produce soybeans than it would have in 1990
-8 MillionIt requires 17% fewer acres in 2018 to produce wheatthan it would have in 1990
Harvested Acres Needed to Produce the 2018 Crop, 1990 and 2018