Table 4 Simulation Results from Scenario 2
Regions | Results from new adoption of Cover Crops due to Carbon Farming | Results from new adoption of No-Till due to Carbon Farming | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Additional Area in Cover Crops | Additional Carbon Sequestration (thousand mtCO2e)^ | Additional Net Returns to Farmers (million US$) | Additional Area in No Till | Additional Carbon Sequestration (thousand mtCO2e)^ | Additional Net Returns to Farmers (million US$) | |||
Million ha | % of cropland | Million ha | % of cropland | |||||
Heartland | 5.86 | 12.77 | 5,279 | 223.0 | 24.5 | 53.37 | 29,285 | 481.3 |
Northern Crescent | 1.06 | 7.35 | 425 | 37.0 | 9.45 | 65.87 | 9,123 | 127.9 |
Northern Great Plains | 0.61 | 2.23 | 155 | 47.0 | 7.17 | 26.2 | 4,294 | 124.7 |
Prairie Gateway | 2.52 | 7.7 | 1,671 | 107.8 | 13.5 | 41.28 | 8,413 | 162.1 |
Eastern Uplands | 1.35 | 20.76 | 1,394 | 48.6 | 4.72 | 72.54 | 5,406 | 76.6 |
Southern Seaboard | 1.84 | 24.36 | 2,124 | 58.7 | 4.69 | 62.2 | 4,661 | 72.9 |
Fruitful Rim | 1.23 | 10.16 | 1,021 | 50.2 | 6.98 | 57.52 | 5,757 | 77.8 |
Basin and Range | 0.15 | 2.2 | 38 | 7.9 | 2.59 | 39.63 | 1,235 | 24.2 |
Mississippi Portal | 2.93 | 40.93 | 5,543 | 96.2 | 5.18 | 72.44 | 6,613 | 90.5 |
U.S. Total | 17.6 | 10.95 | 17,649 | 676.5 | 78.8 | 49.18 | 74,787 | 1,237.9 |