Estimated cropland easement values and acres, by degree of urban
influence, versus actual PDR activity

$ million (1995 dollars) / 1,000 acres

Bar chart with 5 groups with 2 items per group.

Group 1, Low.
Item 1, ERS estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 17894.
Item 2, ERS estimated cropland (1,000 acres) 30179.
Group 2, Medium.
Item 1, ERS estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 24741.
Item 2, ERS estimated cropland (1,000 acres) 30690.
Group 3, High.
Item 1, ERS estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 87803.
Item 2, ERS estimated cropland (1,000 acres) 33840.
Group 4, Total.
Item 1, ERS estimated cropland easement value ($ million) 130438.
Item 2, ERS estimated cropland (1,000 acres) 94709.
Group 5, PDR actual activity.
Item 2, PDR cropland (1,000 acres) 2099.


Note: PDR actual activity represent cumulative acres preserved by Federal, State, and local PDR programs through 2008 on all farmland types. Source: ERS analysis of National Resources Inventory land use and NASS land values data (1994-1997); actual PDR value from American Farmland Trust (AFT).

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