Data from: Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter?

Principal Investigator(s):  View help for Principal Investigator(s) US Department of Agriculture; National Agricultural Library

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Project Citation: 

US Department of Agriculture, and National Agricultural Library. Data from: Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter? Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2026-06-26. https://doi.org/10.3886/E250238V1

Project Description

Project Title:  View help for Project Title Data from: Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter?
Summary:  View help for Summary This dataset includes county-level annual data on maize (Zea mays L.) yield, soil physical and chemical characteristics, and mean weather data for 2000 through 2014 for IL, MI, MN and PA. The data were aggregated from public databases, including NASS Quick Stats (https://quickstats.nass.usda.gov/), NOAA Climate Data Online (https://www.ncdc.noaa.gov/cdo-web/) and the USDA-NRCS Web Soil Survey (http://websoilsurvey.sc.egov.usda.gov/App/HomePage.htm). U.S. counties were the experimental unit for this study, and all data are county-level averages. Covariances among county-level maize yield stability and environmental variability were analyzed using structural equation models (SEM) and linear mixed effects (LME) models.


Resources in this dataset:

Resource Title: Maize adaptability analysis. File Name: maize_aa_all_2000 to 2014.csv

Resource Title: Maize adaptability analysis.

File Name: maize_aa_all_2000 to 2014.csv

Resource Title: SEM data, all states. File Name: sem_all.csv

Resource Title: SEM data, all states.

File Name: sem_all.csv

Resource Title: Data Dictionary. File Name: DataDictionary.csv

Resource Title: Data Dictionary.

File Name: DataDictionary.csv
Original Distribution URL:  View help for Original Distribution URL https://agdatacommons.nal.usda.gov/articles/dataset/Data_from_Soil_Water_Holding_Capacity_Mitigates_Downside_Risk_and_Volatility_in_US_Rainfed_Maize_Time_to_Invest_in_Soil_Organic_Matter_/24660483

Scope of Project

Subject Terms:  View help for Subject Terms climate resilient agriculture; maize yield stability; structural equation modeling; Risk; Natural Resources Conservation Service; data collection; Climate; Corn Belt region; physicochemical properties; meteorological data; EARTH SCIENCE > AGRICULTURE > SOILS > SOIL WATER HOLDING CAPACITY; crop yield; soil organic matter
Geographic Coverage:  View help for Geographic Coverage United States
Time Period(s):  View help for Time Period(s) 1/1/2000 – 12/31/2014
Data Type(s):  View help for Data Type(s) geographic information system (GIS) data
Collection Notes:  View help for Collection Notes DOI: 10.15482/USDA.ADC/1272265 Citation: Davis, Adam S. (2016). Data from: Soil Water Holding Capacity Mitigates Downside Risk and Volatility in US Rainfed Maize: Time to Invest in Soil Organic Matter?. Ag Data Commons. https://doi.org/10.15482/USDA.ADC/1272265 (Downloaded 2026-06-26)


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