{"id":40,"date":"2016-06-15T22:25:35","date_gmt":"2016-06-15T22:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/?page_id=40"},"modified":"2016-06-20T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2016-06-20T22:33:26","slug":"agriculture","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- Image of resource --><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"resource-image\" src=\"..\/wp-content\/images\/resources\/agriculture-Wasatch Front with ag field.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agriculture is the activity of converting natural resources into food and material goods in support of both regional and national economic production and is an activity fundamentally key to establishing food security.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Related resource topics for county planning include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"..\/livestock-grazing\/\" target=\"_blank\">Livestock 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\/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Resource Information<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the advent of the pioneer settlement, agriculture became an integral endeavor of the region. Agriculture was not new to the western United States, but the intensity and scale of crop production significantly increased the demand created by the pioneer settlers. Crops including fruits, vegetables, and primarily grains are all grown in Utah\u2019s soils. Feed crops intended for livestock make up much of the State\u2019s production. Additionally, many materials used for technological purposes are derived from crops, such as building materials and medical supplies. Although agricultural production isn\u2019t at the same magnitude as it is in some other states, Utah\u2019s agriculture contributes to the local, regional and national food security, as well as the economy, along with other surrounding states.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2015 Annual Report <a href=\"#ref\">[1]<\/a> by the Utah Department of Agriculture and Food states that, \u201cNearly 95 percent of Utahns believe farming and ranching are important to the future of the state.\u201d The preservation of agricultural lands and resources is seen by many to provide tangible value to the state and\/or intrinsic character to the lifestyle of its communities. This same report indicates that in 2014 there were 18,100 farms on 11,000,000 acres in Utah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Soil Survey data along with this <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cals.uidaho.edu\/soilorders\/orders.htm\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">key to Soil Orders<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be used to identify areas of the county with soil suitable for agriculture.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The number of farms in the WFRC and the acres of land occupied by farming activities has varied in the past. Every 5 years, the US Department of Agriculture releases a census report on agriculture from the counties in the WFRC.<a href=\"#ref\">[2],[3]<\/a> As of 2012 the total number of farms was 3,021 and included approximately 826,296 acres. <a href=\"#ref\">[4]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<span id=\"tablepress-50-description\" class=\"tablepress-table-description tablepress-table-description-id-50\">Number and size of farms in the WFRC from 2002-2012.<\/span>\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-50\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-50\" aria-describedby=\"tablepress-50-description\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\"><\/td><th class=\"column-2\">2002<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">2007<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">2012<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Davis County<br \/>\n<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">582<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">496<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">493<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land in Farms<br \/>\n(acres)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">65,857<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">49,279<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">55,017<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Morgan County<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">255<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">316<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">301<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land in Farms<br \/>\n(acres)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">not released<br \/>\ndue to confidentiality<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">301,095<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">228,678<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Salt Lake County<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-9\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">712<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">587<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">630<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-10\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land in Farms<br \/>\n(acres)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">82,267<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">107,477<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">78,162<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-11\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Tooele County<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-12\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">380<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">379<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">476<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-13\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land in Farms<br \/>\n(acres)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">415,056<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">252,848<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">347,024<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-14\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Weber County<\/td><td class=\"column-2\"><\/td><td class=\"column-3\"><\/td><td class=\"column-4\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-15\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">1,012<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">1,001<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1,121<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-16\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Land in Farms<br \/>\n(acres)<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">86,913<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">106,247<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">117,415<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-17\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Total Number of Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">2,941<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2,779<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">3,021<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-18\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Total Land in Farms<\/td><td class=\"column-2\">-<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">816,946<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">826,296<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-50 from cache -->\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When planning for policy and land use, one must understand the primary resource in agriculture is affordable land. When describing the value of agricultural land, it\u2019s important to make a distinction between four different categories describing distinct and sometimes competing values:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Potential agricultural output value is the summation of all the characteristics that quantify the efficiency of the land for the range of appropriate agricultural uses.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Return on investment is the profitability of the land to the farmer or rancher.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Purchase value of the land is the sale price of the land at market value.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Intrinsic value perceived by the community is the non-quantifiable value of the land, the preservation of which is often pursued by local jurisdictions or various interest groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because natural resources such as water and soil are necessary to for both farming and ranching, judicious use of these resources is required, especially with the ever-increasing pressures resulting from the redevelopment of ag-land into more urban uses. Water supply and quality, soil quality, air quality, invasive species and weeds, and plant and animal disease all add to the challenges faced by those practicing agriculture. The expansion of cities and suburbs often affects agricultural lands through pressures such as (but not limited to): the loss and\/or fragmentation of productive fields and pastures within the service areas of irrigation canal service areas, the redevelopment of roadways and circulation routes needed to transport agricultural products and equipment into city streets, and the deliberate or happenstantial interference created by the urban environment that affects irrigation water management, crop and livestock production, and ag-land viability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agricultural land that uses water for irrigation can be identified from the Water-Related Landuse data, the Canals data and the Flowline (ditches and canals) data.\u00a0The Annual Precipitation data can be used to identify the amount of precipitation a county receives.\u00a0<\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Best Management Practices --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Best Management Practices<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Finding the most appropriate means by which to manage resources, that balances the use of resources with the preservation of those resources, while accounting for all factors affecting the use of those resources and other related impacts is known as best management practices (BMPs). The resources listed above are continually monitoring and addressing conditions affecting the science of agriculture in the State. As situations on the ground shift, these organizations are in contact with those that, through study or practice, understand, develop, and carryout BMPs. As a result, the most current evolution of BMPs is addressed, and their resources are revisited in an effort to provide the most up to date knowledge. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State University Extension gives eight agricultural best management practices: <a href=\"#ref\">[5]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation Tillage is the practice of leaving harvested plant materials on the soil surface to reduce runoff and soil erosion.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Crop Nutrient Management is managing all nutrient inputs helps ensure that nutrients are available to meet crop needs while reducing nutrient runoff.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pest Management is using various methods for managing pests while protecting soil, water, and air quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation Buffers are vegetation strips that provide additional barriers of protection and prevent potential pollutants from running off into surface waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Irrigation Management involves increasing irrigation efficiency to reduce nonpoint source pollution of ground and surface waters.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Grazing Management is managing livestock grazing to reduce water quality impacts (e.g., reduce erosion potential).<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animal Feeding Operations Management is using runoff control, proper waste storage, and nutrient management to minimize the impacts of animal feeding operations.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Erosion and Sediment Control is the practice of conserving and reducing the amount of sediment reaching waterbodies, which protects overall agricultural land and water quality.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State University Extension also provides information in the form of checklists regarding nutrient management and land management. Some overlap exists between the agricultural BMPs and the additional information.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The NRCS maintains a series of planning helps in spreadsheet format that are useful in completing projects and plans.<a href=\"#ref\">[6]<\/a> The spreadsheets include pricing estimates from 2011 (the latest available), which may be somewhat dated, but working through the spreadsheets still provides a sense of the costs of agricultural conservation measures.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 2012 Utah Lieutenant Governor Greg Bell and Commissioner of Agriculture Leonard Blackham convened the Utah Agricultural Sustainability Task Force, which identified major issues confronting Utah agriculture and developed a list of proposed actions for state, county, local and federal governments to pursue. The proposed issues and actions are listed in the Task Force Report, <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ag.utah.gov\/documents\/Agtaskforce.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning for Agriculture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<a href=\"#ref\">[7]<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Economic Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Economic Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The production agriculture and agricultural processing sectors are important elements of Utah\u2019s economy. Economic sectors include: jobs, income, and quality of life to both rural and urban areas within the state. In 2011 production agriculture (including the value of commodities produced and used on the operation where produced) accounted for 3.1% of the state economy. However, production agriculture, along with its associated processing sector, accounted for 14.1% of the total state output.<a href=\"#ref\">[8]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Total and Average Market Value data can be used to compare one county\u2019s agricultural output with nearby counties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah\u2019s Farm Income for 2014 was over $2.3 billion (see page 37 of the Annual Report <a href=\"#ref\">[1]<\/a> for a detailed listing of income by commodity type). This total can be divided into two main categories:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Income from Livestock and Animal Products: $1,843,108,000;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Income from Crops: $532,111,000.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUtah farming and ranching has a great impact on the state\u2018s economy. Agricultural sales account for about $1.5 billion annually. Food growers, processors, and other agriculture related businesses employ more than 66,000 people and contribute approximately 14 percent to the State\u2018s economy. Grocers are not included in these figures.\u201d [7] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">While comparing these numbers to those from nearby California ($54 billion in 2014)<a href=\"#ref\">[9]<\/a> may make Utah\u2019s output seem insignificant, crop failures in one region or state can have widespread economic impacts. The agricultural production within Utah contributes both stability and diversity to the local, regional, and national economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Impact Considerations --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Impact Considerations<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Perhaps the most compelling reason for agricultural land preservation in the WFRC area is the spread of urban development; often this development occurs on prime agricultural land. \u201cThe rapid rate of land transformation, accompanied by urban, suburban, and exurban growth, is coupled with large-scale rangeland and farmland fragmentation. Land fragmentation adversely affects the efficiency and productivity of agricultural operations.\u201d<a href=\"#ref\">[10]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Because of the volatile nature, and often slim profit margins of agricultural products, ag-uses depend heavily on large, ideally contiguous parcels of low-cost land to achieve efficiency and maintain economic viability. The more geographically fragmented the parcels the farmer operates, the more fuel and time that farmer uses travelling between parcels; and the requisite size and type of equipment may have to be reduced to be usable in a relatively smaller parcels, disproportionately inappropriate for the gross area of land operated; and the gross harvested output for all the parcels will likely be reduced due to inefficiency inherent at the perimeters of each parcel. To illustrate: a farmer with 1 parcel of 100 acres will be much more efficient than a farmer with 100 parcels of 1 acre each; and 100 farmers, each with 1-acre parcels will be even less efficient. This disparity in efficiency, combined with increased management demands (imposed by local governments, adjacent residential land users, and other commercial land users) can reduce the economic viability of any parcel to remain in agricultural uses. This scenario illustrates a common cycle that often leads agricultural land holders to sell or develop their land, rather than maintain ag-uses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Efforts to protect farmland include <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title17\/Chapter41\/17-41-P4.html?v=C17-41-P4_1800010118000101\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Agricultural Protection Areas<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, conservation easements, and protective\/agricultural zoning.<a href=\"#ref\">[11]<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Relevant Agency Contact Information<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the ever-present need of land use planners and policy makers to be educated about agricultural issues, and the potential for conflict between various interests, there are several agencies with agricultural information and expertise that can help a county with agricultural planning.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/agriculture\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State University Extension<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, County Extension Agents <\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis County 801-451-3412<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County 801-829-3472<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County 385-468-4820<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tooele County 435-277-2400<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weber County 801-836-1312<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ag.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Department of Agriculture and Food<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> provides information and services related to:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Licensing Regulation and Product Registration<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Food Safety and Consumer Protection<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Markets and Finance<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pesticides<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plants and Pests<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Animals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Weights and Measures<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Conservation and Environmental<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Association of Conservation Districts<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (UACD) has created county resource assessments, with agriculture included, that can be used for resource planning. Local UACD assessments include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/pdfs\/RA\/6%20Davis%20County%202012%20Resource%20Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Davis County Resource Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/pdfs\/RA\/19%20Morgan%20County%202013%20Resource%20Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Morgan County Resource Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/pdfs\/RA\/26%20Salt%20Lake%20County%202013%20Resource%20Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Salt Lake County Resource Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/pdfs\/RA\/13-31%20Tooele%20County%202013%20Resource%20Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tooele County Resource Assessment<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.uacd.org\/pdfs\/RA\/38%20Weber%20County%202013%20Resource%20Assessment.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Weber County Resource Assessment<\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><!-- Data Table --><br \/>\n<div class=\"omsc-toggle\"><div class=\"omsc-toggle-title\">Data Download<\/div><div class=\"omsc-toggle-inner\">\n<div class=\"download-icons\">\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span> GIS Data <span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span> Map Service <span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span> Web Map <span class=\"wp-svg-file file\"><\/span> Document\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-table table\"><\/span> Tabular Data\u00a0<span class=\"wp-svg-globe globe\"><\/span> Website<\/div>\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-40\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-40\">\n<thead>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<th class=\"column-1\">Data Name<\/th><th class=\"column-2\">Data Explanation<\/th><th class=\"column-3\">Publication Date<\/th><th class=\"column-4\">Spatial Accuracy<\/th><th class=\"column-5\">Contact<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody class=\"row-striping row-hover\">\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">SSURGO Soils Data<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/server.arcgisonline.com\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/Specialty\/Soil_Survey_Map\/MapServer\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arcgis.com\/home\/item.html?id=4dbfecc52f1442eeb368c435251591ec\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Soil Survey Geographic Database (SSURGO) soil data with many useful attributes, eg. farmland class, drainage class, taxonomy, etc.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Various<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:12,000 to 1:63,360<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/soils\/survey\/?cid%3Dnrcs142p2_053627\" target=\"_blank\">USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-3\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">State and County Agriculture Profiles<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.agcensus.usda.gov\/Publications\/2012\/Online_Resources\/County_Profiles\/Utah\/\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-table table\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">County-level information about farms, income, market value, etc.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Data for 2012<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">County level data<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nass.usda.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\"> (NASS)<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-4\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Agriculture market value<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps3.arcgisonline.com\/ArcGIS\/rest\/services\/A-16\/USDA_Market_Value_of_Agricultural_Products_Sold\/MapServer\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a>  <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Value of agricultural products sold by county<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2007<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">County level data<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">US Department of Agriculture (USDA)<br \/>\nNational Agricultural <br \/>\nStatistics Service (NASS)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-5\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">PRISM Climate Group<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.prism.oregonstate.edu\/explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-globe globe\"><\/span><\/a> <\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Database for precipitation and temperature. Useful in determining which precipitation zone an area is located in.<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Variable<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">4-km grid resolution<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prism.oregonstate.edu\/explorer\/\" target=\"_blank\">Prism Climate Group<\/a> <br \/>\nOregon State University<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-6\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Canals and Ditches from National Hydrology Dataset (NHD)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/water-data-services\/lakes-rivers-dams\/\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/services.nationalmap.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/nhd\/MapServer\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">To get canals and ditches use field \u201cFType\u201d = 334 Connecter and336 Canal\/Ditches<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Data download 7\/01\/2015<br \/>\n<br \/>\nMaps service update schedule is not specified<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">USGS<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-7\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Canals and Ditches from Utah Division of Water Rights (UDWRi)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/maps.dnr.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/WRT\/CanalService\/MapServer\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/utahdnr.maps.arcgis.com\/apps\/OnePane\/basicviewer\/index.html?appid=7ebd4e29f85248a7b389d93c6da96ec0\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-screen screen\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Canals and Ditches<\/td><td class=\"column-3\">Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">Unknown<\/td><td class=\"column-5\">Utah Division of Water Rights<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-8\">\n\t<td class=\"column-1\">Water-Related Land Use<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/gis.utah.gov\/data\/planning\/water-related-land\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-stack stack\"><\/span><\/a> , <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.dnr.utah.gov\/arcgis\/rest\/services\/WRE\/UtahCurrentLanduse2015\/MapServer\"target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"wp-svg-target target\"><\/span><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">Layer depicts the types and extent of irrigated crops, as well as information concerning phreatophytes, wet\/open water areas, dry land agriculture and residential\/industrial areas. The primary business driver for this dataset is for constructing and analyzing the state\u2019s annual water budget.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.water.utah.gov\/Landuse\/Default.htm\" target=\"_blank\">More Information<\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-3\">2015<\/td><td class=\"column-4\">1:24,000<\/td><td class=\"column-5\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.water.utah.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\">Utah Division of Water Resources<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-40 from cache -->\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- References --><\/p>\n<h3>References<\/h3>\n<div id=\"ref\"><\/div>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Department of Agriculture and Food. 2015. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ag.utah.gov\/documents\/annualreport2015web.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Agriculture Statistics and Annual Report<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA: National Agricultural Statistics Services. 2002. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agcensus.usda.gov\/Publications\/2002\/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level\/Utah\/st49_2_001_001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">County Summary Highlights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA: National Agricultural Statistics Services. 2007.<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/agcensus.usda.gov\/Publications\/2007\/Full_Report\/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level\/Utah\/st49_2_001_001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> County Summary Highlights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA: National Agricultural Statistics Services. 2012. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.agcensus.usda.gov\/Publications\/2012\/Full_Report\/Volume_1,_Chapter_2_County_Level\/Utah\/st49_2_001_001.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">County Summary Highlights<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah State University Extension. 2011. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/waterquality\/htm\/bmps\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Quality Best Management Practices<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Website accessed: 12\/29\/15.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">USDA: Natural Resources Conservation Service. 2011. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nrcs.usda.gov\/wps\/portal\/nrcs\/detail\/ut\/technical\/dma\/econ\/?cid=nrcs141p2_034084\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NRCS Utah Conservation Practice Cost Data<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">State of Utah, Agriculture Sustainability Task Force. 2012. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/ag.utah.gov\/documents\/Agtaskforce.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Planning for Agriculture<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ward, R.A., P. Jakus, and L. Coulibaly. 2013. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ag.utah.gov\/documents\/EconomicContributionOfAgriculture2011.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The economic contribution of agriculture to the economy of Utah in 2011<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Center for Society, Economy and the Environment Paper #2013-01. \u00a0Department of Applied Economics, Utah State University, Logan Utah. <\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California Department of Food and Agriculture. 2015. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdfa.ca.gov\/statistics\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California Agricultural Production Statistics<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Accessed: 2\/17\/2016.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leydsman McGinty, E. I. 2009. <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/utahrangelands\/files\/uploads\/RRU_Section_Eight_Urbanization.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Urbanization in Utah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Pp. 153-156 in <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/extension.usu.edu\/utahrangelands\/files\/uploads\/RRU_Final.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rangeland Resources of Utah<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Utah State University Cooperative Extension Service in Cooperation with the State of Utah Governor\u2019s Public Lands Policy Coordination Office.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.le.utah.gov\/xcode\/Title17\/Chapter41\/17-41-S403.html\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Utah Code 17-41-403<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agriculture is the activity of converting natural resources into food and material goods in support of both regional and national economic production and is an activity fundamentally key to establishing food security.\u00a0 Related resource topics for county planning include: Livestock &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/agriculture\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"resources_page.php","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-40","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":202,"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/40\/revisions\/202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wfrc.org\/new_wfrc\/crmp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}