Innovators

Veterinarians

Agronomists

ConservationistsFinanciers

Engineers

Risk Takers

Economists Meteorologist

TRANSPORTATION28.7%

ELECTRICITY GENERATION27.5%

INDUSTRY22.4%

AGRICULTURE9.0%

COMMERCIAL6.5%

RESIDENTIAL5.2%

U.S. TERRITORIES0.7%

Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bureau Calculations

Agriculture’s Role in The Climate Conversation Economic Sector IPCC Sector

U.S. Inventory of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks, 2017

ENERGY84.1%

AGRICULTURE8.4%

INDUSTRIAL PROCESSES5.5%

WASTE2.0%

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Beef Cattle Dairy Cattle Swine Other

Source: Environmental Protection Agency, Farm Bureau Calculations

U.S. Livestock Emissions as a Percent of Total GHG Emissions, Based on IPCC Sector, 1990 to 2017 in CO2 Equivalents

Beef Cattleemissions represented 1.95% of total GHG emissions in 2017

Dairy Cattleemissions represented 0.67% of total GHG emissions in 2017

Swine emissions represented 0.04% of total GHG emissions in 2017

Animal Agriculture’s Role in U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions is Less than 3%

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Source: Environmental Protection Agency, USDA FAS PSD Online, Farm Bureau Calculations

Index of Methane Emissions Per Unit of Production for Beef, Dairy and Swine, 1990 = 100

-25%DairyEmissions per unit of milk production have declined by nearly 25% since 1990

-7%BeefEmissions per unit of beef production have declined by more than 7% since 1990, and was more than 10% lower in recent years

-19%SwineEmissions per unit of pork production have declined by more than 19% since 1990

Ag Innovation Provided An Opportunity for Livestock to Get Better & Lower GHG Footprint

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Source: USDA NASS, Farm Bureau Calculations

Farmers Today Do More With Fewer Acres

-40 MillionIt requires 33% fewer acres in 2018 to produce corn than it would have in 1990

-4 MillionIt requires 27% fewer acres in 2018 to produce cottonthan it would have in 1990

-42 MillionIt requires 33% fewer acres in 2018 to produce soybeans than it would have in 1990

-8 MillionIt requires 17% fewer acres in 2018 to produce wheatthan it would have in 1990

Harvested Acres Needed to Produce the 2018 Crop, 1990 and 2018

Panel: Innovation As A Solution for Farmers

BiofuelsClimate Change

Rural ViabilityInterdependency Across Ag

Digitization of FoodFood Safety & Traceability

Challenges in AgInnovation Is A Solution