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 |
88 81 46 |
1.5 1.0 1.0 |
39 30 13 |
58 30 14 |
38,400 18,500 4,800 |
| Herbicides: | |||||
| 2,4-D Dicamba Glyphosate Metsulfuron- methyl Picloram Triasulfuron |
56 13 30 17 9 8 |
1.2 1.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
0.34 0.08 0.36 0.004 0.02 0.01 |
0.41 0.08 0.74 0.004 0.02 0.01 |
175 8 168 1 1 1 |
| 1/ Area harvested in 2002 was 750,000 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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