# Source: USDA Cropland Data Layers (CDLs)
# Type: cog
# Catalog: STACConnector
# Generated by: folia catalog import
# Generated at: 2026-02-08T00:48:33.707263+00:00
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source:
  id: planetary-computer-usda-cdl
  name: USDA Cropland Data Layers (CDLs)
  type: cog
  url: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/usda-cdl
  description: 'The Cropland Data Layer (CDL) is a product of the USDA National Agricultural
    Statistics Service (NASS) with the mission "to provide timely, accurate and useful
    statistics in service to U.S. agriculture" (Johnson and Mueller, 2010, p. 1204).
    The CDL is a crop-specific land cover classification product of more than 100
    crop categories grown in the United States. CDLs are derived using a supervised
    land cover classification of satellite imagery. The supervised classification
    relies on first manually identifying pixels within certain images, often called
    training sites, which represent the same crop or land cover type. Using these
    training sites, a spectral signature is developed for each crop type that is then
    used by the analysis software to identify all other pixels in the satellite image
    representing the same crop. Using this method, a new CDL is compiled annually
    and released to the public a few months after the end of the growing season.


    This collection includes Cropland, Confidence, Cultivated, and Frequency products.


    - Cropland: Crop-specific land cover data created annually. There are currently
    four individual crop frequency data layers that represent four major crops: corn,
    cotton, soybeans, and wheat.

    - Confidence: The predicted confidence associated with an output pixel. A value
    of zero indicates low confidence, while a value of 100 indicates high confidence.

    - Cultivated: cultivated and non-cultivated land cover for CONUS based on land
    cover information derived from the 2017 through 2021 Cropland products.

    - Frequency: crop specific planting frequency based on land cover information
    derived from the 2008 through 2021 Cropland products.


    For more, visit the [Cropland Data Layer homepage](https://www.nass.usda.gov/Research_and_Science/Cropland/SARS1a.php).'
  provider: United States Department of Agriculture - National Agricultural Statistics
    Service
  license: proprietary
  metadata:
    stac: true
    stac_api: true
    connector_id: planetary-computer
    tags:
    - USDA
    - United States
    - Land Cover
    - Land Use
    - Agriculture
    dataset:
      tier: 1
      thematic_group: Vegetation & Agriculture
      format: cog
      crs: EPSG:4326
      temporal:
        range: 2008-01-01/2021-12-31
        frequency: annual
        type: time_series
        default_range: latest
      quality:
        coverage: global
      layout:
        type: tiled
      stac_collection_id: usda-cdl
      homepage: https://planetarycomputer.microsoft.com/api/stac/v1/collections/usda-cdl