This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report 
"Ethanol and a Changing Agricultural landscape" (ERR-86), published in November 2009. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect the 
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File name		Description

(fig1.png)		Figure 1 - Increased biofuel demand affects land use, land management, and the environment through a series of complex agricultural interactions
(fig2.png)		Figure 2 - Ethanol production projections, 2008-22
(fig3.png)		Figure 3 - Change in continuous corn acres, by scenario, 2015
(fig4.png)		Figure 4 - Change in no-till acres from baseline, by scenario, 2015
(fig5.png)		Figure 5 - Change in nitrogen applied per acre, by scenario, 2015
(fig6.png)		Figure 6 - Change in nitrogen leached to groundwater, by region, 2015
(fig7.png)		Figure 7 - Change in nitrogen runoff to surface water, by region, 2015
(fig8.png)		Figure 8 - Change in nitrogen runoff to estuaries, by region, 2015
(fig9.png)		Figure 9 - Change in sheet erosion, by region, 2015
(fig10.png)		Figure 10 - Change in wind erosion, by region, 2015
(fig11.png)		Figure 11 - Changes in price and selected uses of distiller's grains under alternative scenarios, 2015
(fig12.png)		Figure 12 - Changes from baseline in available nitrogen from manure, by region and scenario, 2015
(fig13.png)		Figure 13 - Ethanol production capacity and corn acreage, 2002
(fig14.png)		Figure 14 - Crop proces relative to 3 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production
(fig15.png)		Figure 15 - Total acreage relative to 3 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production
(fig16.png)		Figure 16 - Changes in environmental indicators relative to 3 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production
(fig17.png)		Figure 17 - Change in nitrogen leaching to groundwater and nitrogen runoff to surface water from an increase to 3 to 6 billion gallons of cellulosic ethanol production and a reduction of corn ethanol from 15 to 12 billion gallons, by region



(box_corn fig1.png)	Historical and projected U.S. corn yield growth, 1940-2016
(box_corn fig2.png)	Corn yield and fertilizer applied to corn, United States, 1964-2007
(box_water fig1.png)	Irrigated corn share and existing ethanol plant locations
(box_water fig2.png)	Water for corn production is higher than many crops, but lower than those that may be dsiplaced