Agricultural Chemical Use, Montana, USA, 1997 1/
| Agricultural Chemical 2/ | Area Applied 3/ |
Applications | Rate per Application |
Rate per Crop Year |
Total Applied |
| Fertilizers: | Percent | Number | Pounds per Acre | Pounds per Acre | Million Lbs. |
| Nitrogen Phosphate Potash |
95 78 23 |
1.4 1.1 1.0 |
32 26 13 |
47 28 13 |
64.5 31.4 4.3 |
| Herbicides: | Thousand Lbs. | ||||
| 2,4-D Dicamba Fenoxaprop Glyphosate MCPA Metsulfuron-methyl Thifensulfuron Triallate Triasulfuron Tribenuron-methyl |
72 38 -- 35 15 29 -- 11 8 10 |
1.0 1.3 -- 1.6 1.0 1.0 -- 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
.38 .11 -- .31 .20 .004 -- 1.38 .01 .006 |
.39 .14 -- .50 .20 .004 -- 1.38 .01 .006 |
404 74 -- 251 45 2 -- 219 1 1 |
| 1/ Area harvested in 1997 for Montana was 1.45 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. 4/ Total applied is less than 1,000 pounds. -- Insufficient reports to publish data. Note: Data may not multiply across due to rounding. |
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