Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Bollinger County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Bollinger County, Missouri was 61 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 53% of US counties.

Map of Bollinger 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 land61lbTop 47% in the US
US
1,431st of 3,060
Missouri
69th of 114
Per square mile of cropland120lb

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 21 in 2000 to 61 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
20001821
20016.030
20022727
20033.036
20044141
20051212
20065353
20076265
20083030
20095151
20108383
20118888
20125353
20132323
20148585
20151212
2016152155
20174747
20183232
20196161
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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 Bollinger 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.