Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Ingham County, Michigan

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Ingham County, Michigan was 190 to 194 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 73% of US counties.

Map of Ingham 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 land190 to 194lbTop 27% in the US
US
810th of 3,060
Michigan
18th of 83
Per square mile of cropland246 to 251lb

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 93 in 2000 to 194 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
20008993
2001107107
2002102102
20039898
2004102102
2005115120
2006155155
2007133133
2008199199
2009165165
2010187191
2011155155
2012227227
2013203208
2014181181
2015164164
2016225225
2017256256
2018216221
2019190194
See Ingham County 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 Ingham 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.