US Department of Agriculture Census

Brief Description

The United States Department of Agriculture is the federal executive department responsible for developing and executing federal laws related to farming, forestry, rural economic development, and food.

prop_crop

Measure Description

Percentage of crop lands in county

Measure Calculation

crop_area: areas of land used for agriculture - crop land, taken from USDA data county_area: areas of the whole counties accross the state of Iowa, calculated by using sf package and passing the geometry \[\frac{\text{crop area}}{\text{county area}}\]

value_per_acre

Measure Description

Value of every acre of agricultural land - crop land, taken from USDA data

Measure Calculation

Directly extract the value per acre from USDA data.