Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Antrim County, Michigan

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Antrim County, Michigan was 12 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 65% of US counties.

Map of Antrim County, Michigan 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 land12lb
US
2,002nd of 3,060
Michigan
50th of 83
Per square mile of cropland51lb

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 15 in 2000 to 12 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
20001515
20011113
20022222
20033235
20043838
20052324
20062727
20072324
20082424
20094041
20108187
20111618
20124041
20131825
20144040
20152425
20161922
20178.39.7
20182532
20191212
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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 Antrim County, Michigan 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.