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Source	License	Status	Verdict
Center-pivot polygons from GMIE (UFFDA calls this set GCPIS) Mapped center-pivot irrigation circles worldwide. The second dataset behind UFFDA's irrigated-fields layer. CC0 1.0 — no restriction on reuse● In map	CC0 1.0 — no restriction on reuse	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
ESA WorldCereal 10m (ESA Consortium) An open global cropland and crop-type map at 10m, with an on-demand system to run your own analysis. CC-BY-4.0● In map	CC-BY-4.0	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
ESA WorldCover 2021 (10m global land cover) Global 10m land-use and land-cover map — pairs with USDA's Cropland Data Layer (CDL) wherever CDL doesn't reach. CC-BY-4.0● In map	CC-BY-4.0	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
Fields of The World Global — predicted field boundaries Machine-learning-predicted field boundaries for 241 countries — the Global edition (India ~20%, Africa ~40% of coverage). Distinct from the curated Benchmark edition. CC-BY 4.0● In map	CC-BY 4.0	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
Hansen Global Forest Change v1.12 (UMD / Google / USGS / NASA) 30m global tree cover loss year-by-year since 2001 — harvest, fire, and disease included, not deforestation alone. CC-BY 4.0● In map	CC-BY 4.0	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
ISRIC SoilGrids 2.0 (250m global) Global soil property predictions — UFFDA's fallback where the US Soil Survey (SSURGO) isn't available. CC-BY-4.0● In map	CC-BY-4.0	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
LANID — Landsat-based Irrigation Dataset for the United States How often each place was irrigated, year by year, 1997–2020. One of the two datasets behind UFFDA's irrigated-fields layer. CC-BY 4.0 for the 1997–2017 core (credit Xie & Lark, UW—Madison); the 2018–2020 extension is a US Geological Survey release in the public domain● In map	CC-BY 4.0 for the 1997–2017 core (credit Xie & Lark, UW—Madison); the 2018–2020 extension is a US Geological Survey release in the public domain	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
LGRIP30 — Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed and Irrigated-Cropland Product (NASA LP DAAC) Where crops get rain vs. a pipe — irrigated and rainfed cropland mapped at 30m across the contiguous US, a 2020 snapshot. CC0 (NASA LP DAAC — no copyright restriction; attribution encouraged)● In map	CC0 (NASA LP DAAC — no copyright restriction; attribution encouraged)	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
NASA POWER — global daily weather & agroclimatology Daily temperature, precipitation, solar radiation, and soil-temp proxy on a 0.5° grid, globally, 1981→present. Works the same for a field in Iowa, Brazil, or Punjab. Public domain (US Federal — NASA Langley)● In map	Public domain (US Federal — NASA Langley)	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
USDA NASS Crop Sequence Boundaries (CSB) Areas of homogeneous 8-year crop rotation, not legal field parcels — USDA's Crop Sequence Boundaries, published via the open fiboa data format. Public domain● In map	Public domain	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
USDA NASS Cropland Data Layer (CDL) Annual per-pixel crop classification (30m), 2008–present. Powers UFFDA's per-field crop history via runtime click join. Public domain● In map	Public domain	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
USDA NASS QuickStats — county crop yields County-level annual crop yields (corn, soybeans, winter wheat, cotton, grain sorghum) from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. Public domain (US Federal Government)● In map	Public domain (US Federal Government)	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
USDA SSURGO / gNATSGO soil Field-level soil characteristics — slope, drainage, hydric status, water storage, Land Capability Class. Queried live, per field, across the contiguous US. Public domain● In map	Public domain	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
USGS PAD-US — Protected Areas Database of the United States USGS's inventory of protected lands — parks, forests, wilderness, conservation easements. Powers UFFDA's field and area overlap screen. CC0 public domain● In map	CC0 public domain	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
AgERA5 agromet (Copernicus / ECMWF) ERA5 rethought for agriculture: daily temperature, precipitation, radiation, and reference evapotranspiration in the variables ag actually uses. Copernicus licence (free, full, open; commercial OK)○ Planned	Copernicus licence (free, full, open; commercial OK)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
CHIRPS v3 (UCSB Climate Hazards Center) Satellite-plus-gauge rainfall back to 1981, globally, at ~5km. The workhorse for regions with no gauge network. Public domain (CHIRPS v3 — CC0-registered dedication; UCSB Climate Hazards Center)○ Planned	Public domain (CHIRPS v3 — CC0-registered dedication; UCSB Climate Hazards Center)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
Daymet daily climate (contiguous US, 1km) Daily temperature, precipitation, vapor pressure. Best for historical context. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
Dynamic World (10m near-real-time land cover) Google + World Resources Institute near-real-time global land cover from Sentinel-2. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
ERA5-Land hourly reanalysis (global) Global hourly land-surface weather reanalysis from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), back to 1950. Copernicus licence (CC-BY as of 2025-07-02; commercial OK)○ Planned	Copernicus licence (CC-BY as of 2025-07-02; commercial OK)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
EuroCrops (TUM) Declared crop parcels from EU farmers' own subsidy filings, with the crop type included. CC-BY 4.0 (attribution required; no share-alike clause)○ Planned	CC-BY 4.0 (attribution required; no share-alike clause)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
FAO GAEZ v4 (FAO / IIASA) Answers "what could grow here, and how far is actual production from potential?" — for a wide range of crops, globally. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
FAO GMIA / AQUASTAT irrigated areas (FAO) The global map of where irrigation infrastructure exists — percentage of area equipped, at 10km. CC-BY 4.0 with FAO commercial-promotion restriction○ Planned	CC-BY 4.0 with FAO commercial-promotion restriction	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
FAO WaPOR v3 (FAO) Africa and Near East evapotranspiration and water productivity at 100m. CC-BY-SA 4.0 (v3; attribution + share-alike on redistribution; commercial use permitted)○ Planned	CC-BY-SA 4.0 (v3; attribution + share-alike on redistribution; commercial use permitted)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use internally for anything. Share-alike only wakes up when you redistribute.
FAOSTAT (FAO) National crop production and trade for 245 countries, 1961–present. The global counterpart to USDA's county-level crop statistics. CC-BY 4.0 with FAO commercial-promotion restriction○ Planned	CC-BY 4.0 with FAO commercial-promotion restriction	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
GEOGLAM Crop Monitor + JRC ASAP (GEOGLAM / EU JRC) Global crop condition and ag-drought monitoring — the bulletin that tracks whether the crop is in trouble. CC-BY 4.0 (JRC standard open data; attribution required)○ Planned	CC-BY 4.0 (JRC standard open data; attribution required)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
GFSAD30 (NASA / USGS MEaSUREs) NASA's global cropland baseline at 30m. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
GLAD GLCLUC annual land cover (UMD) Annual global land cover and land use at 30m, 2000–2020. Temporal depth WorldCover doesn't have. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
GLAD Global Cropland Extent (UMD GLAD) 20 years of global cropland change at 30m — where farmland grew, where it shrank, 2000–2020. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
GRACE / GRACE-FO (NASA JPL / GFZ) The only direct global measurement of aquifer depletion. Coarse in space — individual fields don't show up, regional trends do. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (NASA) Two satellites, one analysis-ready surface reflectance stream — 30m, ~2–3 day revisit, back to 2013. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
MapSPAM / SPAM 2020 v2 (IFPRI / CGIAR) 42 crops mapped by area, yield, and production — rainfed vs. irrigated, at 10km globally. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
MODIS Veg Indices MOD13/MYD13 V061 (NASA LP DAAC) 25 years of global vegetation-health data (NDVI, EVI) at 250m — the deep historical record Sentinel-2 can't reach. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
NAIP aerial imagery (contiguous US, sub-meter) Highest-resolution open imagery of US ag lands. Refreshed every 2–3 years. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
OpenLandMap-soilDB 30m (OpenGeoHub) Machine-learning-mapped global soil at 30m — finer-grained than SoilGrids. CC-BY-4.0○ Planned	CC-BY-4.0	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
OpenStreetMap landuse=farmland (OSMF) Community-mapped farmland polygons, globally. ODbL-1.0 — share-alike: a database built from this data must stay open too.○ Planned	ODbL-1.0 — share-alike: a database built from this data must stay open too.	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use internally, including commercial work. Database share-alike only triggers when you share the database itself.
Sentinel-1 SAR GRD (Copernicus / ESA) Radar imagery that works through clouds. The missing layer for monsoon and tropical ag. Copernicus licence (free, full, open; commercial OK)○ Planned	Copernicus licence (free, full, open; commercial OK)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
Sentinel-2 NDVI sparkline (Microsoft Planetary Computer) Monthly per-field vegetation-vigor trend (NDVI) from Sentinel-2 imagery, cloud-masked. Not live in the map yet. Copernicus licence (free, commercial OK; attribution required)○ Planned	Copernicus licence (free, commercial OK; attribution required)	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okFree to use for any purpose, including commercial and AI training. Nothing's triggered until you share it.
SRTM 1-arc-second GL1 (NASA / USGS) NASA's 2000 radar mission turned the world into a 30m elevation grid. Still fully open two decades later. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
VIIRS NDVI CDR (NOAA NCEI) Continues the long-run global vegetation-health record (NDVI) — keeping it alive from 2014 onward. Public domain○ Planned	Public domain	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
Daymet (contiguous US) + ERA5-Land (global) deep per-field weather Per-field daily weather (temperature, precipitation, soil temperature). A heavy build; deferred. Public domain / openParked	Public domain / open	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
NOAA HRRR short-range forecast (contiguous US, 3km) An 18-hour hourly forecast at 3km resolution, refreshed every hour. Public domainParked	Public domain	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product okPublic domain. Use it for anything — internal, resale, AI training, closed products. No attribution legally required (crediting the source is still the decent thing to do).
JRC Global Surface Water — Occurrence (EC Joint Research Centre / Google) Where surface water shows up over 1984–2021 — a 37-year satellite frequency record of rivers, lakes, wetlands, and ponds, at 30m globally. Copernicus open data (free, no use restriction; attribution required: 'Source: EC JRC/Google', plus citation of Pekel et al. 2016, Nature 540:418–422)● In map	Copernicus open data (free, no use restriction; attribution required: 'Source: EC JRC/Google', plus citation of Pekel et al. 2016, Nature 540:418–422)	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
Open-Meteo forecast API Near-live air temperature and multi-depth soil temperature, globally. Updated roughly hourly, low-latency. CC-BY 4.0 (data) + non-commercial free tier — commercial products, subscriptions, and advertising prohibited; commercial use requires a paid API plan.● In map	CC-BY 4.0 (data) + non-commercial free tier — commercial products, subscriptions, and advertising prohibited; commercial use requires a paid API plan.	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
US Drought Monitor Current-week national drought-severity polygons (D0–D4). Free to use — verbatim NDMC/UNL attribution required (not public domain)● In map	Free to use — verbatim NDMC/UNL attribution required (not public domain)	● In map	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
ISRIC WoSIS soil profiles (ISRIC) 230,000 real soil-pit profiles — the ground truth that SoilGrids is trained on. ISRIC data policy — CC-BY for most records; some contributor records are CC-BY-NC (non-commercial only). Check per-record license metadata before commercial use.○ Planned	ISRIC data policy — CC-BY for most records; some contributor records are CC-BY-NC (non-commercial only). Check per-record license metadata before commercial use.	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
SAGE Crop Calendar / GGCMI Phase 3 (UW–Madison SAGE / GGCMI) Planting and harvest dates for ~19 crops globally. GGCMI Phase 3: CC-BY-4.0 (confirmed, Zenodo); SAGE base: academic-use clause on download page — verify commercial terms with UW-Madison○ Planned	GGCMI Phase 3: CC-BY-4.0 (confirmed, Zenodo); SAGE base: academic-use clause on download page — verify commercial terms with UW-Madison	○ Planned	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
AIFS / GraphCast / GenCast (open AI weather ag-feed) Foundation-model weather forecasts — AIFS (ECMWF's AI weather model), GraphCast, GenCast. Not run today; GPU inference is the cost. Mixed openParked	Mixed open	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
Copernicus DEM GLO-30 (ESA / Copernicus) An open global elevation model at 30m, released in 2021. Copernicus DEM licence (free worldwide, incl. Armenia & Azerbaijan as of 2024; attribution required)Parked	Copernicus DEM licence (free worldwide, incl. Armenia & Azerbaijan as of 2024; attribution required)	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
ESA CCI Biomass v6 (ESA Climate Change Initiative) Global above-ground biomass and carbon stocks at 100m resolution, tracked 2007–2022. ESA CCI open terms — any use including commercial; attribution required; no CC identifier on the recordParked	ESA CCI open terms — any use including commercial; attribution required; no CC identifier on the record	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
GBIF occurrence data (GBIF) 2.5 billion biodiversity observations globally — the license varies by record, so filter before you build with it. Per-dataset: CC0 / CC-BY-4.0 / CC-BY-NC-4.0Parked	Per-dataset: CC0 / CC-BY-4.0 / CC-BY-NC-4.0	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
OpenET monthly evapotranspiration (contiguous US) Per-field water use, satellite-derived. OpenET Terms of Use (noncommercial free tier; commercial use requires separate agreement)Parked	OpenET Terms of Use (noncommercial free tier; commercial use requires separate agreement)	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
PRISM US climate (Oregon State / NACSE) The finest-grain US climate grids — temperature and precipitation at both 4km and 800m, both free as of March 2025. PRISM Terms of Use (free, attribution required; not a CC license)Parked	PRISM Terms of Use (free, attribution required; not a CC license)	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
Supply-chain / book-and-claim (45Z, Cotton Trust Protocol, buyer-direct) A supply-chain layer covering programs like the 45Z tax credit, Cotton Trust Protocol, and buyer-direct sustainability deals. MixedParked	Mixed	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.
WorldClim 2.1 (worldclim.org) Long-run bioclimatic normals at 1km — widely used for suitability modeling. Custom non-commercial license (stricter than CC-BY-NC-SA)Parked	Custom non-commercial license (stricter than CC-BY-NC-SA)	Parked	Internal Share data Republish derivative Private product verifyCustom or restrictive terms — we can't auto-decode this one. Read the source agreement before using, especially for commercial use, AI training, and redistribution. When in doubt, ask the provider.

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