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Table 5 Difference between Projected and “Actual” Carbon Sequestration in Scenario 1

From: The business case for carbon farming in the USA

Regions

Additional Carbon Sequestration (in thousand mtCO2e) from new adoption of:

Cover Crops

No-Till

“Actual”

Difference between Projected (Table 3) and “Actual”

“Actual”

Difference between Projected (Table 3) and “Actual”

Heartland

4,473

394

25,039

1,940

Northern Crescent

767

98

8,983

1,195

Northern Great Plains

350

71

4,554

1,349

Prairie Gateway

1,410

544

7,559

4,069

Eastern Uplands

905

172

4,687

1,084

Southern Seaboard

1,252

281

4,590

1,043

Fruitful Rim

614

140

5,932

1,661

Basin and Range

– 19

– 3

1,440

718

Mississippi Portal

2,011

422

5,538

1,165

U.S. Total

11,762

2,119

68,323

14,222

  1. Source: authors’ calculations