Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Mississippi County, Arkansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Mississippi County, Arkansas was 899 to 904 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 99% of US counties.

Map of Mississippi 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 land899 to 904lbTop 1% in the US
US
5th of 3,060
Arkansas
1st of 75
Per square mile of cropland959 to 965lb

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 306 in 2000 to 904 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
2000290306
2001584584
2002579579
2003756762
2004799804
2005906922
2006810815
2007713718
2008803803
2009895900
2010584584
2011750766
2012744755
2013675675
2014471471
2015835835
2016712722
2017813813
2018599599
2019899904
See Mississippi 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 Mississippi 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.