Cropland easement values and acres subject to urban
influence versus actual PDR activity

1,000 acres/$ million

Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group.

Group 1, Low.
Item 1, Cropland (1,000 acres) 30179.
Item 2, Total estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 17894.
Group 2, Medium.
Item 1, Cropland (1,000 acres) 30690.
Item 2, Total estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 24741.
Group 3, High.
Item 1, Cropland (1,000 acres) 33840.
Item 2, Total estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 87803.
Group 4, Total.
Item 1, Cropland (1,000 acres) 94709.
Item 2, Total estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 130438.
Group 5, PDR totals.
Item 1, Cropland (1,000 acres) 1485.
Item 2, Total estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 3382.


Note: PDR totals represent cumulative funds spent and cumulative acres preserved by Federal, State, and local PDR programs through 2004 on all farmland types. Source: ERS analysis of National Resources Inventory land use and NASS land values data (1994-1997); PDR totals from American Farmland Trust (AFT).

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