General Planner Inquiries

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
COMET-Planner Citation
Amy Swan, Mark Easter, Adam Chambers, Kevin Brown, Stephen A. Williams, Jeff Creque, John Wick, Keith Paustian. 2020. COMET-Planner Dataset, Version 2.1, Bu...
Wed, 16 Jun, 2021 at 10:09 AM
Interpreting COMET-Planner Reports
The estimates presented in your COMET-Planner report assume 10 years of conservation practice adoption. The values provided reflect the average annual tonne...
Tue, 9 May, 2023 at 3:36 PM
Agroforestry Practice Mortality
According to the practice standards, COMET-Planner assumes that if a woody planting dies within the 10 year timeline that it will be replaced. 
Wed, 1 Dec, 2021 at 10:45 AM
How to Use and Navigating COMET-Planner
Learn how to use and navigate COMET-Planner HERE.
Tue, 9 May, 2023 at 3:37 PM
COMET-Planner Data Download
How to: Navigate to http://comet-planner.com/ Select "download" from the top navigation bar Enter your information. Read terms of use (below) ...
Tue, 9 May, 2023 at 3:42 PM
COMET-Planner Change Log
Version 2.1, Build 1 COMET-Planner was updated August, 2020 and features a data download option, updates to the user interface, improvements to soil nitrou...
Wed, 20 Apr, 2022 at 10:22 AM
CPS 590 15% Nitrogen Fertilizer Reduction
Did you notice that your COMET Planner practice “Improved N Fertilizer Management…Reduce Fertilizer Application Rate by 15%” shows an increase in total emis...
Wed, 24 May, 2023 at 10:50 AM