Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Banner County, Nebraska

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Banner County, Nebraska was 130 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 65% of US counties.

Map of Banner 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 land130lbTop 35% in the US
US
1,062nd of 3,060
Nebraska
72nd of 93
Per square mile of cropland354lb

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.

Share image

A picture of Banner County against the US county median, with the source, to post or send.

Since 2000

Up from 15 in 2000 to 130 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
20001315
20017.57.5
20023.85.7
20031317
20041921
20052838
20062530
20072729
20084444
20096060
20105959
20118688
20126668
2013126126
2014108114
2015123126
2016160160
2017144144
2018125125
2019130130
See Banner County on the map

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 Banner 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.