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**AWARDS ISSUED PRIOR TO JANUARY 20, 2025, WERE FUNDED UNDER PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS AND MAY NOT REFLECT THE PRIORITIES AND POLICIES OF THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION.** THE NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL STATISTICS SERVICE (NASS) OF U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE PRODUCES ANNUALLY A DIGITAL PRODUCT, CALLED CROPLAND DATA LAYER (CDL), COVERING THE CONTIGIOUS U.S. SINCE 2008. THE PRODUCT MAPS WHAT CROP GROWS IN EACH FIELD AT ~95% ACCURACY FOR MAJOR CROPS. CDL IS DISTRIBUTED TO 60,000 DECISION MAKERS VIA CROPSCAPE WEB SERVICE SYSTEM AND IS ONE OF THE KEY DATA PRODUCTS FOR MANY AGRICULTURAL DECISION MAKINGS. HOWEVER, CURRENTLY THERE ARE TWO MAJOR PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH CDL PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: 1) THE CURRENT-YEAR CDL IS NOT AVAILABLE TO PUBLIC UNTIL FEB/MARCH NEXT YEAR, MAKING MANY IN-SEASON AGRICULTURAL DECISIONS IMPOSSIBLE; AND 2) CROPSCAPE ON TRADITIONAL SERVERS CANNOT MEET THE PEAK USER REQUESTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN A NEW CDL IS RELEASED. THIS PROJECT WILL SOLVE THE TWO PROBLEMS BY 1) PRODUCING PRE- AND IN-SEASON CDL-LIKE PRODUCTS THROUGH SMART ALGORITHMS THAT CAN LEARN FROM HISTORICAL CDL PRODUCTS AND THE CURRENT SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF THE GROUND; 2)ENHANCING CROPSCAPE TO MAKE THE NEW PRODUCTS AND THE SMART ALGORITHMS AVAILABLE AND EASILY USABLE BY DECISION MAKERS. THE PROJECT WILL ENHANCE AGRICULTURAL DECISION MAKING BY PROVIDING TIMELY AND ACCURATE IN-SEASON CDL-LIKE PRODUCTS TO NASS AND 60,000 UNIQUE DECISION MAKERS THROUGH THE CROPSCAPE CYBERINFRASTRUCTURE.

$499,989FY2021National Institute of Food and AgricultureUSDA

George Mason University, Fairfax VA

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