Upwind Report

Glyphosate use in Dundy County, Nebraska

Estimated farm glyphosate use in Dundy County, Nebraska was 215 pounds per square mile of county land in 2019, higher than 75% of US counties.

Map of Dundy 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 land215lbTop 25% in the US
US
737th of 3,060
Nebraska
61st of 93
Per square mile of cropland497lb

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 12 in 2000 to 215 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
20009.912
20019.99.9
20024452
20036464
20044952
20055254
20067881
200796100
2008122122
2009162162
2010155157
2011228228
2012268268
2013174174
2014182184
2015172172
2016173175
2017158158
2018156156
2019215215
See Dundy 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 Dundy 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.