Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Hubbard County, Minnesota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Hubbard County, Minnesota was 7.4 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 71% of US counties.

Map of Hubbard County, Minnesota 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 land7.4lb
US
2,181st of 3,060
Minnesota
79th of 87
Per square mile of cropland34lb

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 2.5 in 2000 to 7.4 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
20001.22.5
20011.22.5
20027.58.7
20036.26.2
20041415
20058.711
20062224
20079.99.9
20082830
20092121
20102122
20113031
2012103103
20131617
20142426
20153232
20167.48.6
20172828
20181.29.9
20197.47.4
See Hubbard 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 Hubbard County, Minnesota 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.