Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Carroll County, Mississippi

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Carroll County, Mississippi was 86 to 90 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 58% of US counties.

Map of Carroll 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 land86 to 90lbTop 42% in the US
US
1,282nd of 3,060
Mississippi
26th of 82
Per square mile of cropland291 to 303lb

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 62 in 2000 to 90 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
20006262
20017474
20024248
20034747
20046262
20057478
20067083
20075254
2008164164
20096969
2010131131
20119398
2012113115
2013188188
2014139139
2015124124
2016118118
2017169170
2018111113
20198690
See Carroll 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 Carroll 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.