Conservation Training
Cropland and Grazing Land Systems
June 3, 2024
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual
Croplands include all systems used to produce food, feed, and fiber, in addition to feedstocks for bioenergy production, while grazing lands are systems that are used for livestock production, including rangelands and pasturelands. These lands are an important source of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and can also be a sink for carbon dioxide. Chapter 3: Cropland and Grazing Land Systems enable the creation of farm and ranch scale greenhouse gas inventories, while also providing users with the opportunity to assess changes in emissions that would occur if they adopted more climate-friendly management practices. Dr. Stephen Ogle, lead author of Chapter 3 and a full professor and senior research scientist at Colorado State University will provide a deep dive into the changes made to the cropland and grazing land methods and insight into research and data gaps that will inform future updates. Crystal Toureene, a researcher with Colorado State University and developer of COMET-Farm and COMET-Planner will provide insight into how the updated methods in this chapter will inform changes coming soon to COMET.