Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Morrison County, Minnesota

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Morrison County, Minnesota was 78 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 56% of US counties.

Map of Morrison 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 land78lbTop 44% in the US
US
1,331st of 3,060
Minnesota
66th of 87
Per square mile of cropland126lb

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 14 in 2000 to 78 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
20001114
20011818
20022528
20034242
20045660
20056064
20066464
20078285
20089699
20098993
2010103107
20119999
2012124124
2013117120
2014110113
2015117124
201699102
20179292
20187171
20197878
See Morrison 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 Morrison 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.