SUGAR BEETS
Agricultural Chemical Use, Montana, USA, 2000 1/

Last updated October 11, 2001

Agricultural

Chemical

Area Applied Applications Rate per Application Rate per Crop Year Total
Applied
Percent Number Pounds per Acre 1,000 lbs
Nitrogen
Phosphate
Potash
100
99
66
1.5
1.0
1.0
94
86
38
146
92
42
8.9
5.5
1.7
Herbicides:
Clethodim
Clopyralid
Desmedipham
Ethofumesate
Glyphosate
Phenmedipham
Quizalofop-ethyl
Triflusulfuron-methyl
65
92
99
41
67
97
5
91
2.6
2.5
2.7
2.3
1.0
2.7
2.0
2.6
0.04
0.03
0.05
0.07
0.42
0.05
0.02
0.01
0.12
0.08
0.15
0.17
0.42
0.13
0.04
0.03
5
5
9
4
17
8
**
2
Insecticides:
Aldicard
Chlorpyrifos
Esfenvalerate
Terbufos
9
27
28
61
1.2
1.0
1.7
1.0
1.51
0.53
0.02
1.50
1.94
0.53
0.04
1.54
10
9
1
57
Fungicides:
Benomyl
Tetraconazole
Triphenyltin hydrox.
49
21
28
1.0
1.2
1.0
0.24
0.08
0.22
0.26
0.09
0.23
8
1
4
1/ Planted, acres for Montana in 2000 were 60,700 acres. ** Total applied is less than 1,000 lbs.

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