Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Concordia Parish, Louisiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Concordia Parish, Louisiana was 373 to 376 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 88% of US counties.

Map of Concordia 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 land373 to 376lbTop 12% in the US
US
357th of 3,060
Louisiana
8th of 64
Per square mile of cropland600 to 605lb

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 205 in 2000 to 376 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
2000201205
2001259259
2002324324
2003277280
2004330334
2005337337
2006261264
2007196196
2008263263
2009218218
2010354358
2011465472
2012326326
2013304304
2014572572
2015453453
2016356360
2017606602
2018552552
2019373376
See Concordia 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 Concordia 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.