Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Stoddard County, Missouri

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Stoddard County, Missouri was 481 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 94% of US counties.

Map of Stoddard 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 land481lbTop 6% in the US
US
161st of 3,060
Missouri
6th of 114
Per square mile of cropland525lb

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 131 in 2000 to 481 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
2000131131
2001189189
2002194194
2003299299
2004336341
2005420435
2006467467
2007378383
2008414425
2009472478
2010378383
2011471477
2012492498
2013366366
2014487502
2015445450
2016596601
2017596601
2018659659
2019481481
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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 Stoddard 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.