Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Holmes County, Florida

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Holmes County, Florida was 30 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 55% of US counties.

Map of Holmes County, Florida 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 land30lb
US
1,691st of 3,060
Florida
13th of 66
Per square mile of cropland91lb

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 5.8 in 2000 to 30 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
20005.85.8
20012123
20022123
20039.79.7
20041517
20052121
20062323
20071111
20082140
20094040
20102929
20112929
20124040
20132828
20144042
20153234
20161921
20174242
20184247
20193030
See Holmes 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 Holmes County, Florida 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.