Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Deuel County, Nebraska

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Deuel County, Nebraska was 414 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 90% of US counties.

Map of Deuel 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 land414lbTop 10% in the US
US
278th of 3,060
Nebraska
44th of 93
Per square mile of cropland542lb

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 44 in 2000 to 414 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
20004444
20012626
20021313
20035252
20047074
200596122
200687100
2007100100
2008147147
2009183183
2010152152
2011221221
2012183183
2013287287
2014252265
2015331331
2016509514
2017414422
2018361361
2019414414
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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 Deuel 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.