Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Madison Parish, Louisiana

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Madison Parish, Louisiana was 612 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 98% of US counties.

Map of Madison 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 land612lbTop 2% in the US
US
42nd of 3,060
Louisiana
2nd of 64
Per square mile of cropland834lb

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 199 in 2000 to 612 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
2000199199
2001335335
2002276276
2003390399
2004445445
2005318318
2006571571
2007236236
2008593597
2009425425
2010485485
2011657662
2012628628
2013606606
2014585585
2015593597
2016638638
2017651655
2018504504
2019612612
See Madison 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 Madison 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.