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Econometric study on the effects of biodiesel production on cropland expansion in the U.S.

Published by U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD) | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency | Catalog Last Checked: April 21, 2026 at 08:07 PM | Dataset Last Updated: June 25, 2025
This is the readme and metadata for the data entitled “Quantifying the Land-Use Change Due to Soybean-Based Biodiesel in the United States” by Miao et al., that was published in the journal Applied Economic Perspectives & Policy (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/aepp.70005). The data shows the county FIPS code and the amount of soybean acreage increase and total cropland acreage increase from changes in soybean price and biodiesel production over 2011-2020.

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  • Readme.docx

    APPLICATION/VND.OPENXMLFORMATS-OFFICEDOCUMENT.WORDPROCESSINGML.DOCUMENT
  • soybean_and_total_bd_acres_both_re_06252024.xlsx

    APPLICATION/VND.OPENXMLFORMATS-OFFICEDOCUMENT.SPREADSHEETML.SHEET

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