Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Livingston County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Livingston County, Missouri was 278 to 283 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 81% of US counties.

Map of Livingston 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 land278 to 283lbTop 19% in the US
US
558th of 3,060
Missouri
17th of 114
Per square mile of cropland308 to 314lb

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 145 in 2000 to 283 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
2000145145
2001202202
2002166171
2003176176
2004227233
2005207212
2006238238
2007259259
2008263263
2009269274
2010305305
2011315320
2012315315
2013407407
2014258263
2015340345
2016340340
2017335335
2018180186
2019278283
See Livingston 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 Livingston 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.