Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Pemiscot County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Pemiscot County, Missouri was 561 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 97% of US counties.

Map of Pemiscot 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 land561lbTop 3% in the US
US
74th of 3,060
Missouri
2nd of 114
Per square mile of cropland577lb

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 245 in 2000 to 561 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
2000245245
2001378378
2002417417
2003551551
2004679679
2005774779
2006785785
2007663674
2008573596
2009685690
2010546551
2011601606
2012662662
2013445445
2014584612
2015551556
2016728734
2017717723
2018750750
2019561561
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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 Pemiscot 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.