Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Greene County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Greene County, Arkansas was 244 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 78% of US counties.

Map of Greene County, Arkansas and nearby counties, coloring each county's cropland by estimated farm glyphosate use per square mile of county land in the 2019 high estimate. Darker colors mean more use.

2019 numbers

Per square mile of county land244lbTop 22% in the US
US
655th of 3,060
Arkansas
15th of 75
Per square mile of cropland308lb

Ranks are by use per square mile of county land, on the 2019 high estimate, among US counties with a value. Counties with the same value share a rank.

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Since 2000

Up from 150 in 2000 to 244 in 2019. Pounds per square mile of county land, high estimate.

Every year's numbers
Glyphosate per square mile of county land by year, in pounds
YearLowHigh
2000146150
2001173173
2002233233
2003251251
2004255264
2005268273
2006268273
2007286291
2008236236
2009300300
2010236236
2011285290
2012367372
2013299299
2014226226
2015353353
2016353357
2017556556
2018280280
2019244244
See Greene County on the map

About these numbers

The main number is the county's estimated farm glyphosate use for the year divided by all of its land, water left out. A county with a little farmland can use a lot per square mile of cropland and still have far less in total than a county with more farmland, so the whole-county number is the one the map colors, ranks and compares.

These are county estimates, not records. They don't show which fields were sprayed or how much any one field got.

USGS makes a low and a high estimate, which fill in use that farms didn't report in different ways.

Per square mile of cropland is the same total spread evenly over the county's cropland only, so it's higher than the whole-county number wherever only part of Greene County, Arkansas is farmland.

Numbers are in pounds per square mile. The source gives kilograms per square kilometer, and 1 kg per km² is about 5.7 pounds per square mile.

Source: Hengl & Brungard from USGS county estimates, 2000–2019 (CC BY 4.0). Land area: US Census Bureau, 2020.

This page shows estimated farm use only. It says nothing about health and is not medical advice.