Cropland Assessments
Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) cropland assessments quantify the effects of voluntary conservation efforts across the nation’s cropland at both regional and national scales.
USDA’s Conservation Effects Assessment Project (CEAP) is a multi-agency effort led by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) to quantify the effects of conservation practices across the nation’s working lands.
About the Conservation Effects Assessment Project
Through CEAP, USDA quantifies and reports on trends in conservation practices, and associated outcomes, over time. CEAP findings are used to guide conservation program development and support conservationists, agricultural producers, and partners in choosing the most effective conservation actions and making informed management decisions backed by data and science.
CEAP assessments are carried out at national, regional, and watershed scales for conservation efforts related to cropland, grazing land, wetlands, and wildlife.
Conservation Effects Assessment Project Assessments
CEAP provides assessments and associated conservation outcome insights for multiple land uses and conservation goals. These assessments empower a diversity of customers to evaluate conservation successes, identify potential improvements, and set targeted, measurable goals for the future.
You may access CEAP assessments for the following areas of focus. Click on each for additional information.
Conservation Effects Assessment Project Highlights
The below blogs, fact sheets, reports, and webinars represent recent resources and key findings released by CEAP. Visit this webpage frequently to see what's new, or browse by the above focus areas to find specific content for a given conservation scope.
News
From Field To Stream
CEAP projects and partners work alongside farmers and ranchers on their working lands to quantify the environmental effects of agricultural conservation practices at the edges of fields and the watershed level, ensuring that producers get the credit they deserve.
Conservation Practices on Cultivated Cropland:
A Comparison of CEAP I and CEAP II Survey Data and Modeling. NRCS published results from the latest national CEAP cropland assessment in March 2022. This report provides data on national and regional trends in cropland conservation, and associated effects.
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