Table 3 Simulation Results from Scenario 1
Regions | 2017 Cover Crop Adoption Rate (% of crop-land) | Results from new adoption of Cover Crops due to Carbon Farming | 2017 No-Till Adoption Rate (% of crop-land) | Results from new adoption of No-Till due to Carbon Farming | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Additional Area in Cover Crops | Projected Additional Carbon Sequestration (thousand mtCO2e) | Additional Net Returns to Farmers (million US$) | Additional Area in No Till | Projected Additional Carbon Sequestration, (thousand mtCO2e) | Additional Net Returns to Farmers (million US$) | |||||
Million ha | % of cropland | Million ha | % of cropland | |||||||
Heartland | 4.19 | 7.46 | 16.25 | 4,867 | 261.3 | 30.69 | 22.28 | 48.52 | 26,979 | 262.2 |
Northern Crescent | 7.84 | 2.92 | 20.35 | 865 | 78.5 | 19.46 | 10.24 | 71.35 | 10,178 | 78.7 |
Northern Great Plains | 1.47 | 3.04 | 11.12 | 421 | 130.3 | 34.02 | 9.36 | 34.22 | 5,903 | 132.3 |
Prairie Gateway | 2.69 | 4.7 | 14.33 | 1,954 | 131.7 | 28.13 | 14.65 | 44.71 | 11,628 | 135.8 |
Eastern Uplands | 4.66 | 1.18 | 18.14 | 1,077 | 33.7 | 19.03 | 4.48 | 68.86 | 5,771 | 34.4 |
Southern Seaboard | 11.08 | 1.49 | 19.72 | 1,533 | 37.7 | 27.47 | 4.88 | 64.79 | 5,633 | 38.1 |
Fruitful Rim | 3.01 | 2.38 | 19.58 | 754 | 53.3 | 6.25 | 9.14 | 75.28 | 7,593 | 51.9 |
Basin and Range | 1.58 | 1.29 | 19.72 | -22 | 25.3 | 17.53 | 4.33 | 66.17 | 2,158 | 27.2 |
Mississippi Portal | 3.50 | 1.3 | 18.15 | 2,433 | 35.8 | 21.37 | 4.61 | 64.44 | 6,703 | 37.4 |
U.S. Total | 3.88 | 25.8 | 16.07 | 13,881 | 787.6 | 26.35 | 83.97 | 52.39 | 82,545 | 797.9 |