Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Adams County, Mississippi

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Adams County, Mississippi was 38 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 52% of US counties.

Map of Adams County, Mississippi 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 land38lb
US
1,619th of 3,060
Mississippi
42nd of 82
Per square mile of cropland228lb

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 19 in 2000 to 38 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
20001419
20013939
20021818
20032020
20043737
20053839
20063535
20075.55.5
20088.18.1
20091212
20101616
20111717
20123838
20133636
20143939
20154444
20161212
20172626
20183838
20193838
See Adams 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 Adams County, Mississippi 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.