The farmland expansion would increase emissions
Million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent
Crops included in each scenario: Organic: corn, soy, wheat, hay; GMO ban: corn, soy, cotton, canola; Glyphosate: corn, soy, wheat, canola; Atrazine: corn only. Yield reductions derived from USDA 2021 Organic Survey; USDA 2021 ARMS; FINBIN; Kniss et al (2016); Ye et al. (2021); ERS (2015); Wynn & Webb (2022); Oxford Economics (2017); Ackerman (2014); Schneider et al (2018); Mitchell (2014); Lusk et al (2017); Brookes (2022); Brookes & Barfoot (2022). Tons carbon dioxide per acre is average of Spawn et al (2019) and NGGI-derived value for grassland conversion.