The COMET- Tools were developed at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory located at Colorado State University. The COMET-Tools were developed in collaboration and funding support from the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the climate change program office at the United States Department of Agriculture. The COMET-Farm™ tool enables farmers and ranchers to estimate carbon sequestration an
d greenhouse gas emissions related to annual crop production, livestock and on-farm energy use. It provides a convenient yet rigorous way to evaluate the benefits of various conservation practices in reducing greenhouse gas emissions. COMET-Farm allows users to compare their current management practice to future scenarios that will increase soil health and better the ecosystem. COMET-Farm estimates the ‘carbon footprint’ for all or part of your farm/ranch operation and allows you to evaluate different options, which you select, for reducing GHG emissions and sequestering more carbon. General guidance is provided about potential changes to your management practices that are likely to sequester carbon and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Because the tool uses detailed spatially-explicit data on climate and soil conditions for your location and allows you to enter detailed information for your field and livestock operations, it is able to produce an accurate estimate tailored to your specific situation. No prior training is needed to run the tool and embedded ‘Help’ functions are provided to assist you in running the tool.
