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usda_cattle_AFOs_2017-v1·dataset

U.S. Cattle Feeding Operations and Herd Sizes (2017)

USDA Cattle AFOs and Total Heads 2017
land NASA VEDA COG
In plain English

What it measures. A map of cattle animal feeding operations across the United States in 2017, broken down by operation size and the total number of cattle.

How it's made. Compiled from U.S. Department of Agriculture livestock records for 2017.

How & where you'd use it. Supports planning around agriculture, water use, and environmental impacts of livestock.

What's measured

usdacattleAFOs2017

Coverage & cadence

  • Time span2017-01-01 → 2017-01-01
  • Spatial extent-179.147, 18.917, -66.95, 71.353
  • FormatsCOG

What you can do with it

  • Track deforestation, fire scars and land-cover change
  • Monitor crop and vegetation health (NDVI/EVI)
  • Map how built-up vs. green an area is over time
Official description

USDA cattle animal feeding operations (AFOs) data by size category and total head count for 2017

Get the data

veda_access.py
# NASA VEDA — open STAC API, anonymous (cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs)
from pystac_client import Client

cat = Client.open("https://openveda.cloud/api/stac")
col = cat.get_collection("usda_cattle_AFOs_2017-v1")
items = list(col.get_items())          # browse the analysis-ready COGs
# open an asset with rioxarray:
# import rioxarray; da = rioxarray.open_rasterio(items[0].assets["cog_default"].href)
NASA VEDA is an open STAC catalog — browse and stream the cloud-optimized GeoTIFFs anonymously (no login).