Agricultural Chemical Use, Montana, USA, 1998 1/
| Agricultural Chemical 2/ | Area Applied 3/ |
Applications | Rate Per Application |
Rate Per Crop Year |
Total Applied |
| Fertilizers: | Percent | Number | Pounds Per Acre | Mil. Lbs | |
| Nitrogen Phosphate Potash |
61 56 22 |
1.3 1.0 1.0 |
44 30 12 |
56 31 12 |
129.6 64.5 10.3 |
| Herbicides: | Thousand Lbs. | ||||
| 2,4-D Dicamba Glyphosate MCPA Triallate Trialsulfuron Tribenuron-methyl |
57 21 17 6 11 -- 3 |
1.0 1.1 1.4 1.0 1.0 -- 1.0 |
.39 .10 .30 .29 1.22 -- .01 |
.40 .11 .43 .29 1.22 -- .01 |
865 90 276 70 490 -- 2 |
| 1/ Area planted in 1998 for Montana was 3.8 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. -- Insufficient reports to publish data. Note: Data may not multiply across due to rounding. |
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