Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Caddo Parish, Louisiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Caddo Parish, Louisiana was 40 to 42 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 51% of US counties.

Map of Caddo Parish, Louisiana 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 land40 to 42lb
US
1,570th of 3,060
Louisiana
33rd of 64
Per square mile of cropland114 to 120lb

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

Down from 106 in 2000 to 42 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
2000106106
2001124124
20029090
2003119119
20049797
2005142142
2006112112
2007736736
2008159159
2009317317
2010121121
20118787
2012153153
20136868
201476119
2015135135
2016122122
20179696
2018173175
20194042
See Caddo Parish 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 Caddo Parish, Louisiana 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.