Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Lane County, Kansas

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Lane County, Kansas was 223 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 76% of US counties.

Map of Lane County, Kansas 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 land223lbTop 24% in the US
US
715th of 3,060
Kansas
54th of 105
Per square mile of cropland303lb

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 29 in 2000 to 223 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
20002929
20017979
20027070
20037575
20049191
2005116116
20069595
2007158158
2008136136
2009217217
2010222222
2011193193
2012244244
2013251251
2014310310
2015362362
2016324324
2017227227
2018185185
2019223223
See Lane 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 Lane County, Kansas 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.