Agricultural Chemical Use, Montana, USA, 2000 1/
| Agricultural Chemical 2/ | Area Applied 3/ | Applications | Rate per Application |
Rate per Crop Year |
Total Applied |
| 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |
| Percent | Number | Pounds per acre | (000) Pounds | ||
| SPRING
WHEAT Fertilizers: |
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| Nitrogen Phosphate Potash |
90 84 36 |
1.7 1.1 1.0 |
32 24 12 |
56 27 13 |
167,600 75,500 15,600 |
| Herbicides: | |||||
| 2,4-D Bromoxynil Dicamba Glyphosate MCPA Metsulfuron-methyl Triallate Triasulfuron Tribenuron-methyl |
63 8 38 42 13 6 21 39 4 |
1.1 1.0 1.7 1.9 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
.34 .23 .11 .29 .26 .006 1.14 .02 .009 |
.40 .23 .19 .57 .26 .006 1.14 .02 .009 |
845 63 245 807 114 1 782 21 1 |
| 1/ Montana's Spring Wheat area seeded was 3.35 million acres in 2000. 2/ Insufficient reports to publish data for all agricultural chemicals applied. 3/ Refers to acres receiving one or more applications of a specific agricultural chemical. | |||||