Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Nodaway County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Nodaway County, Missouri was 366 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 87% of US counties.

Map of Nodaway 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 land366lbTop 13% in the US
US
376th of 3,060
Missouri
10th of 114
Per square mile of cropland377lb

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 144 in 2000 to 366 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
2000144144
2001156156
2002144144
2003150150
2004183183
2005200205
2006189189
2007267267
2008328333
2009306311
2010350350
2011433433
2012300300
2013366366
2014466472
2015355361
2016361361
2017316316
2018327339
2019366366
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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 Nodaway 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.