Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Schuyler County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Schuyler County, Missouri was 145 to 155 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 68% of US counties.

Map of Schuyler 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 land145 to 155lbTop 32% in the US
US
969th of 3,060
Missouri
44th of 114
Per square mile of cropland166 to 177lb

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 40 in 2000 to 155 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
20004040
20015050
20023030
20035050
20047070
20056065
20067171
20075555
20088080
20098590
20109095
2011115115
2012130130
2013150150
2014100105
2015145150
2016120120
2017110115
20187085
2019145155
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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 Schuyler 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.