Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Grant Parish, Louisiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Grant Parish, Louisiana was 46 to 51 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 51% of US counties.

Map of Grant 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 land46 to 51lbTop 49% in the US
US
1,490th of 3,060
Louisiana
32nd of 64
Per square mile of cropland423 to 474lb

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 20 in 2000 to 51 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
20001920
20012929
20022222
20032424
20042828
20052727
20062021
20071920
20083030
20092222
20103132
20114243
20121819
20132525
20146161
20156262
20165353
20174443
20184243
20194651
See Grant 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 Grant 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.