Agricultural Chemical Use, Montana, USA, 2002 1/
| Agricultural Chemical 2/ | Area Applied 3/ | Applications | Rate per Application |
Rate per Crop Year | Total Applied |
| Percent | Number | Pounds per Acre | Pounds per Acre | (000) Lbs. | |
| Fertilizers: | |||||
| Nitrogen Phosphate Potash |
66 54 21 |
1.2 1.0 1.0 |
33 23 19 |
40 23 19 |
97,800 47,000 14,900 |
| Herbicides: | |||||
| 2,4-D Bromoxynil Chlorsulfuron Clodinafop-propargil Dicamba Fenoxaprop Glyphosate MCPA Metsulfuron--Methyl Thifensulfuron Triasulfuron Tribenuron-methyl |
65 8 4 13 32 4 19 15 22 5 13 7 |
1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.0 1.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
0.34 0.22 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.41 0.28 0.004 0.008 0.01 0.005 |
0.41 0.22 0.01 0.05 0.05 0.05 0.74 0.28 0.004 0.008 0.01 0.005 |
997 66 1 22 66 9 533 155 3 1 6 1 |
| 1/ Area planted in 2002 was 3.75 million acres. 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. Note: Data may not multiply across due to rounding. |
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