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 |
90 88 31 |
1.5 1.1 1.0 |
35 24 11 |
54 25 12 |
67.9 30.7 5.1 |
| Herbicides: | Thousand Lbs. | ||||
| 2,4-D Dicamba Fenoxaprop Glyphosate MCPA Metsulfuron-methyl Thifensulfuron Triallate Triasulfuron Tribenuron-methyl |
66 37 5 29 11 9 2 8 21 3 |
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.6 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 |
.32 .11 .08 .32 .35 .007 .010 1.26 .005 .006 |
.32 .13 .08 .54 .36 .007 .010 1.26 .005 .006 |
297 69 5 220 56 1 4/ 134 1 4/ |
| 1/ Area planted for Montana was 1.40 million acres in 1998.
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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