General Planner Inquiries

COMET Planner Methods and USDA Conservation Practices
Planner Methods Document This document can also be located on the "About" tab of COMET Planner.
Wed, 1 Oct, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Introduction to COMET Planner Video
Videos will be periodically updated. 
Thu, 18 Jun, 2020 at 11:22 AM
Unexpected results
If your results report unexpected or unusual estimates, use the Need Help? widget to complete the "Contact Us" form. Please describe your selectio...
Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Navigating to COMET-Planner
Direct: comet-planner.com Through COMET-Farm, see image below
Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Information needed for COMET-Planner
At minimum, COMET-Planner only requires four pieces of information:  1. Your project location by state and county 2. Your land use classification 3. W...
Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Do I need an account for COMET-Planner?
COMET-Planner does not have an account option like COMET-Farm. Because there is no account, you cannot save a project that you have created. If you wish to ...
Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 at 10:27 AM
Conservation Practice Standard Unavailable in COMET-Planner
COMET-Planner constructs a fixed baseline from the regional averages of annual crop rotations, planting and harvest dates, and management practices based on...
Wed, 7 Oct, 2020 at 10:40 AM
Practice not available in my region (COMET-Planner)
There are no Practice Implementations for this Conservation Practice  A practice may be unavailable for accounting in a specific region due to the pract...
Wed, 10 Sep, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Determining spatial units for analysis in COMET-Planner
The spatial units of the analysis to derive estimates for COMET-Planner were county-rectified Major Land Resource Areas (Figure 1). Major Land Resource Area...
Thu, 13 May, 2021 at 11:58 AM
Limitation of random points in MLRA (COMET-Planner)
Within each county-rectified MLRA, the COMET-Planner team developed a unique random point sample of approximately 100 points per broad land use category, wi...
Thu, 13 May, 2021 at 12:03 PM