This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Agricultural Resources and
Environmental Indicators,2012 Edition" (EIB-98), published in August 2012. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. After time, the material may not reflect the current ERS program of work, may be outdated, 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.


File name		Description

(fig1.1.1.png)		Figure 1.1.1 - Farms, land in farms, and average acres per farm, 1850-2007
(fig1.2.1.png)		Figure 1.2.1 - Major land use shares by State, 2007
(fig1.2.2.png)		Figure 1.2.2 - Major uses of U.S. land, 1959-2007
(fig1.2.2.png)		Figure 1.2.3 - Major uses of U.S. cropland, 1949-2007
(fig1.3.1.png)		Figure 1.3.1 - National average farm real estate value per acre, 1980-2010
(fig1.3.2.png)		Figure 1.3.2 - Cropland rent-to-value ratio by State, 2010

(fig2.1.1.png)		Figure 2.1.1 - U.S. agricultural  inputs were steady while total factor productivity expanded from 1948 to 2009
(fig2.2.1.png)		Figure 2.2.1 - Funders and performers of U.S. food and agricultural research in 2006
(fig2.2.2.png)		Figure 2.2.2 - Real agricultural research and development (R&D) funding, 1970-2009
(fig2.2.3.png)		Figure 2.2.3 - U.S. private agricultural research and development (R&D) by industry, 2007
(fig2.2.4.png)		Figure 2.2.4 - Public agricultural research, 2009
(fig2.3.1.png)		Figure 2.3.1 - Adoption of genetically engineered crops in the U.S., 1996-2011
(fig2.3.2.png)		Figure 2.3.2 - Prices of genetically engineered seed versus non-GE seed for corn, 2001-10
(fig2.3.3.png)		Figure 2.3.3 - Prices of genetically engineered seed versus non-GE seed for soybeans, 2001-10

(fig3.1.1.png)		Figure 3.1.1 - Pesticide active ingredients applied to corn, cotton, fall potatoes, soybeans, and wheat, 1982-2010
(fig3.1.2.png)		Figure 3.1.2 - Price indices for seed, fertilizer, pesticides, fuels, wages, and crops, 1982-2010
(fig3.1.3.png)		Figure 3.1.3 - Planted acres under selected pest management practices, 1996-2010
(fig3.2.1.png)		Figure 3.2.1 - Fertilizer use in U.S. agriculture, 1960-2010
(fig3.2.2.png)		Figure 3.2.2 - Crops' nitrogen recovery rates
(fig3.2.3.png)		Figure 3.2.3 - Crops' phosphate recovery rates  
(fig3.2.4.png)		Figure 3.2.4 - Planted acres receiving nitrogen above 25 percent of crop's agronomic need
(fig3.2.5.png)		Figure 3.2.5 - Planted acres receiving phosphate above 25 percent of crop's agronomic need
(fig3.3.1.png)		Figure 3.3.1 - Trends in irrigated acres and water applied, Western States, 1984-2008  
(fig3.3.2.png)		Figure 3.3.2 - Efficient irrigation (as a percent of total irrigated acres), by system type, for 17 Western States, 1994-2008
(fig3.3.3.png)		Figure 3.3.3 - EQIP funding of irrigation practices by region, 2004-10  
(fig3.4.1.png)		Figure 3.4.1 - Conservation tillage for major crops, 1996-2010
(fig3.4.2.png)		Figure 3.4.2 - Cropping patterns for major crops, 1996-2010
(fig3.4.3.png)		Figure 3.4.3 - Conservation structure use among major crops, 2006-2010
(fig3.5.1.png)		Figure 3.5.1 - U.S. organic and conventional operations: selected characteristics and practices
(fig3.5.2.png)		Figure 3.5.2 - Organic food sales in the United States, 2004-2013 

(fig4.1.1.png)		Figure 4.1.1 - Trends in USDA conservation expenditures, 1983-2010*
(fig4.2.1.png)		Figure 4.2.1 - While total enrollment in the CRP has contracted since 2007, acreage addressing high-priority environmental concerns has expanded through continuous signups
(fig4.2.2.png)		Figure 4.2.2 - CRP acres in 2007, and percent change 2007 to 2012
(fig4.3.1.png)		Figure 4.3.1 - Distribution of EQIP contract obligations by resource concern, 2008-10
(fig4.3.2.png)		Figure 4.3.2 - Distribution of EQIP contract obligations by resource concern and region, 2008-10