{"accessLevel": "public", "bureauCode": ["020:00"], "contactPoint": {"fn": "Christopher Clark", "hasEmail": "mailto:clark.christopher@epa.gov"}, "description": "This is the readme and metadata for the data entitled \u201cQuantifying the Land-Use Change Due to Soybean-Based Biodiesel in the United States\u201d 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.", "distribution": [{"downloadURL": "https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1531743/Readme.docx", "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document", "title": "Readme.docx"}, {"downloadURL": "https://pasteur.epa.gov/uploads/10.23719/1531743/soybean_and_total_bd_acres_both_re_06252024.xlsx", "mediaType": "application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet", "title": "soybean_and_total_bd_acres_both_re_06252024.xlsx"}], "identifier": "https://doi.org/10.23719/1531743", "keyword": ["RFS Program", "biofuels", "climate change", "land use change", "soybean biodiesel"], "license": "https://pasteur.epa.gov/license/sciencehub-license.html", "modified": "2025-06-25", "programCode": ["020:000"], "publisher": {"name": "U.S. EPA Office of Research and Development (ORD)", "subOrganizationOf": {"name": "U.S. Environmental Protection Agency", "subOrganizationOf": {"name": "U.S. Government"}}}, "references": null, "rights": null, "title": "Econometric study on the effects of biodiesel production on cropland expansion in the U.S."}