Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Newaygo County, Michigan

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Newaygo County, Michigan was 39 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 52% of US counties.

Map of Newaygo 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 land39lb
US
1,601st of 3,060
Michigan
41st of 83
Per square mile of cropland120lb

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 9.2 in 2000 to 39 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
20009.29.2
20019.29.2
20022424
20034446
20045051
20052935
20067981
20073941
2008127129
20095859
20104548
20115759
20123537
20136161
20143941
20152224
20162020
20172637
20189191
20193939
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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 Newaygo 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.