Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Antelope County, Nebraska

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Antelope County, Nebraska was 483 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 94% of US counties.

Map of Antelope County, Nebraska 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 land483lbTop 6% in the US
US
157th of 3,060
Nebraska
31st of 93
Per square mile of cropland605lb

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 99 in 2000 to 483 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
20009999
2001121121
2002134134
2003164168
2004194194
2005221221
2006226230
2007202202
2008351355
2009354354
2010448453
2011444444
2012383383
2013411411
2014485489
2015477481
2016504504
2017478482
2018428428
2019483483
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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 Antelope County, Nebraska 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.