Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Barry County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Barry County, Missouri was 32 to 35 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, lower than 53% of US counties.

Map of Barry County, Missouri 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 land32 to 35lb
US
1,649th of 3,060
Missouri
75th of 114
Per square mile of cropland51 to 57lb

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 0 in 2000 to 35 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
200000
20011414
200200
200300
200400
200500
20063.53.5
200700
20081818
20091818
20101111
20111818
20121414
20132121
20143539
20152121
20161818
20172121
20181414
20193235
See Barry 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 Barry County, Missouri 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.