Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Moniteau County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Moniteau County, Missouri was 68 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 54% of US counties.

Map of Moniteau 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 land68lbTop 46% in the US
US
1,398th of 3,060
Missouri
67th of 114
Per square mile of cropland80lb

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 49 in 2000 to 68 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
20004949
20014444
20024949
20034949
20046363
20054949
20065458
20075858
20089292
20096868
20107883
20119292
20128888
2013116116
2014121121
2015121126
2016141141
20178787
20186363
20196868
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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 Moniteau 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.