Insecticides:
Common name	Trade name
Acephate	Orthene, Payload
Azinphos-methyl	Guthion
BT	several
Carbaryl	Savit, Sevin
Carbofuran	Furadan
Cypermethrin	Ammo, Cymbush
Diazinon	several
Dimethoate	several
Disulfoton	Di-Syston
Endosulfan	Thiodan
Esfenvalerate	Asana
Lambda-cyhalothrin	Karate, Saber, Warrior
Malathion	several
Methomyl	Lannate
Methyl parathion	several
Permethrin	Ambush, Pounce
Thiodicarb	Larvin

Fungicides:
Common name	Trade name
Azoxystrobin	Abound, Quadris
Benomyl	Benlate
Captan	Captan
Chlorothalonil	Bravo, Daconil
Copper hydroxide	several
Iprodione	Rovral
Mancozeb	several
Maneb	several
Metalaxyl	Ridomil
Vinclozolin	Ronilan

Table 3.1_Agricultural chemical applications: Asparagus, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 18,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
2,4-D	41	1.2	1.07	1.31	9.6
Diuron	81	1.5	1.05	1.60	23.4
Glyphosate	52	1.4	0.78	1.16	10.9
Linuron	13	1.4	0.76	1.07	2.5
Metribuzin	44	1.6	0.45	0.75	6.0
Norflurazon	8	1.0	1.50	1.54	2.2
Paraquat	41	1.2	0.55	0.68	5.0
Simazine	26	1.7	1.00	1.70	7.9
Terbacil	7	1.0	0.42	0.42	0.5
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	85	2.7	0.70	1.94	29.8
Chlorpyrifos	39	1.0	0.78	0.80	5.6
Permethrin	49	2.2	0.08	0.18	1.6
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	55	2.3	1.32	3.11	31.0
Mancozeb	48	1.7	1.45	2.53	21.6

Table 3.2_Agricultural chemical applications: Beans, snap, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1,800 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Trifluralin	37	1.2	0.80	1.02	0.7
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	3	1.7	1.00	1.71	0.1
Esfenvalerate	8	1.1	0.03	0.03	*
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.3_Agricultural chemical applications: Beans, snap, processing, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 24,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Bentazon	45	1.1	0.70	0.77	8.4
Glyphosate	10	1.0	0.64	0.68	1.7
Metolachlor	70	1.0	1.36	1.36	22.8
Trifluralin	26	1.2	0.56	0.72	4.5
Insecticides:
Acephate	67	1.4	0.75	1.06	17.0
Dimethoate	33	1.2	0.42	0.52	4.1
Disulfoton	33	1.0	0.93	0.99	7.7
Esfenvalerate	16	1.1	0.04	0.05	0.2
Methyl parathion	34	1.3	0.48	0.64	5.2

Table 3.4_Agricultural chemical applications: Cabbage, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 2,100 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Metolachlor	40	1.0	1.05	1.05	0.9
Trifluralin	59	1.0	0.61	0.62	0.8
Insecticides:
Azinphos-methyl	17	1.0	0.26	0.26	0.1
Bt (Bacillus thur.)	12	2.5	(1)	(1)	(1)
Carbaryl	17	2.8	0.64	1.85	0.6
Chlorpyrifos	20	1.6	0.89	1.50	0.6
Diazinon	3	1.2	0.52	0.66	*
Esfenvalerate	12	2.1	0.04	0.08	*
Lambda-cyhalothrin	34	3.3	0.02	0.08	0.1
Methomyl	11	2.7	0.48	1.31	0.3
Permethrin	25	3.6	0.11	0.41	0.2
Fungicides:
Copper hydroxide	9	1.2	0.60	0.74	0.1
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.
1 Rates and total applied are not available because amounts of active ingredient are not comparable between products.

Table 3.5_Agricultural chemical applications: Cantaloups, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Bensulide	11	1.0	3.95	3.95	0.4
Naptalam	9	1.2	2.22	2.70	0.2
Trifluralin	6	1.0	0.87	0.87	0.1
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	11	2.5	1.16	2.93	0.3
Endosulfan	11	2.5	0.32	0.83	0.1
Esfenvalerate	21	2.8	0.04	0.12	*
Fungicides:
Benomyl	7	1.8	0.42	0.78	0.1
Chlorothalonil	74	3.6	1.44	5.26	3.9
Copper hydroxide	35	2.9	0.48	1.42	0.5
Metalaxyl	18	1.4	0.15	0.22	*
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.6_Agricultural chemical applications: Carrots, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 5,100 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Fluazifop-P-butyl	67	1.4	0.14	0.20	0.7
Linuron	83	2.1	0.69	1.45	6.2
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	17	1.9	0.78	1.52	1.3
Esfenvalerate	12	3.0	0.02	0.07	*
Malathion	17	3.9	1.18	4.69	4.1
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	57	3.4	0.90	3.13	9.1
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.7_Agricultural chemical applications: Carrots, processing, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1,700 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Fluazifop-P-butyl	58	1.3	0.18	0.24	0.2
Linuron	93	1.9	0.70	1.37	2.2
Insecticides:
Esfenvalerate	46	3.5	0.02	0.09	0.1
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	65	3.3	1.23	4.12	4.6

Table 3.8_Agricultural chemical applications: Cauliflower, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 500 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Trifluralin	13	1.1	0.80	0.89	0.1

Table 3.9_Agricultural chemical applications: Celery, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 2,300 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Linuron	51	1.4	0.56	0.82	1.0
Metolachlor	22	1.0	2.09	2.10	1.0
Sethoxydim	22	1.3	0.18	0.25	0.1
Insecticides:
Acephate	44	1.7	0.80	1.41	1.4
Endosulfan	20	1.0	0.58	0.62	0.3
Permethrin	75	2.8	0.13	0.36	0.6

Table 3.10_Agricultural chemical applications: Corn, sweet, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 13,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
2,4-D	5	1.0	0.32	0.32	0.2
Alachlor	26	1.2	1.91	2.34	7.8
Atrazine	63	1.1	1.19	1.34	11.0
Bentazon	9	1.0	0.62	0.64	0.7
Cyanazine	15	1.1	1.22	1.38	2.7
Glyphosate	3	1.2	1.60	1.97	0.8
Metolachlor	30	1.1	1.73	2.02	7.8
Pendimethalin	3	1.0	1.15	1.15	0.4
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	8	2.3	1.47	3.45	3.6
Chlorpyrifos	6	1.1	0.96	1.09	0.9
Esfenvalerate	26	1.6	0.05	0.07	0.3
Lambda-cyhalothrin	13	2.9	0.02	0.07	0.1
Methomyl	9	1.6	0.43	0.69	0.8
Methyl parathion	11	2.4	0.83	2.07	2.9
Permethrin	16	2.3	0.13	0.30	0.6
Thiodicarb	10	2.6	0.73	1.92	2.5

Table 3.11_Agricultural chemical applications: Cucumbers, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 7,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Bensulide	22	1.0	4.10	4.10	6.4
Ethalfluralin	61	2.0	0.79	1.59	6.8
Naptalam	9	1.0	1.00	1.00	0.6
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	10	2.7	0.83	2.26	1.6
Endosulfan	42	1.8	0.59	1.08	3.1
Esfenvalerate	24	2.4	0.03	0.06	0.1
Permethrin	8	1.5	0.14	0.21	0.1
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	66	2.7	1.40	3.86	17.7
Copper hydroxide	55	2.4	0.52	1.30	5.0
Mancozeb	3	1.8	1.18	2.12	0.5
Metalaxyl	16	1.2	0.19	0.24	0.3

Table 3.12_Agricultural chemical applications: Cucumbers, processing, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 27,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Clomazone	27	2.3	0.22	0.50	3.7
Ethalfluralin	62	1.9	0.72	1.42	23.7
Glyphosate	7	1.0	0.57	0.59	1.1
Naptalam	33	1.6	0.67	1.13	10.1
Insecticides:
Carbaryl	1	1.0	0.90	0.90	0.2
Carbofuran	13	1.0	0.96	0.99	3.4
Endosulfan	4	1.5	0.44	0.66	0.6
Esfenvalerate	1	1.1	0.04	0.05	*
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	16	2.4	0.94	2.33	9.8
Copper hydroxide	11	3.1	0.29	0.92	2.8
Metalaxyl	21	1.5	0.07	0.11	0.6
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.13_Agricultural chemical applications: Onions, dry, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 4,900 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Bromoxynil	29	1.3	0.16	0.21	0.3
Fluazifop-P-butyl	69	1.3	0.15	0.19	0.7
Metolachlor	14	1.1	2.97	3.40	2.4
Oxyfluorfen	74	3.1	0.04	0.14	0.5
Pendimethalin	87	1.8	1.75	3.26	13.8
Trifluralin	*	1.0	0.72	0.77	**
Insecticides:
Chlorpyrifos	47	1.0	2.07	2.07	4.8
Cypermethrin	26	1.9	0.08	0.15	0.2
Lambda-cyhalothrin	83	2.1	0.03	0.06	0.2
Methyl parathion	14	1.6	0.47	0.78	0.5
Permethrin	27	5.0	0.11	0.56	0.7
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	51	2.7	1.15	3.17	7.9
Copper hydroxide	26	2.9	0.47	1.37	1.8
Iprodione	76	1.7	0.54	0.93	3.5
Mancozeb	78	2.8	1.62	4.62	17.6
Metalaxyl	24	1.3	0.12	0.17	0.2
* Area applied is less than 1 percent.
** Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.14_Agricultural chemical applications: Peppers, bell, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 2,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Metolachlor	34	1.0	1.20	1.20	0.8
Napropamide	11	1.0	1.22	1.22	0.3
Trifluralin	56	1.0	0.71	0.71	0.8
Insecticides:
Acephate	77	2.5	0.65	1.68	2.6
Azinphos-methyl	6	1.5	0.48	0.75	0.1
Carbaryl	6	3.3	1.06	3.59	0.4
Esfenvalerate	45	1.9	0.03	0.06	0.1
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	2	3.0	0.58	1.75	0.1
Copper hydroxide	53	3.8	0.62	2.41	2.5
Mancozeb	11	2.9	1.59	4.66	1.0
Maneb	46	3.4	1.03	3.56	3.3
Metalaxyl	8	2.1	0.52	1.14	0.2

Table 3.15_Agricultural chemical applications: Strawberries, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1,500 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
2,4-D	34	1.0	0.98	1.01	0.5
DCPA	8	1.1	8.53	9.60	1.1
Napropamide	59	1.0	1.89	1.95	1.7
Sethoxydim	30	1.0	0.37	0.40	0.2
Terbacil	41	1.1	0.26	0.30	0.2
Insecticides:
Azinphos-methyl	31	1.6	0.49	0.79	0.4
Carbaryl	21	1.5	1.07	1.63	0.5
Chlorpyrifos	30	1.0	0.89	0.92	0.4
Endosulfan	62	1.3	0.91	1.24	1.2
Fungicides:
Benomyl	70	2.3	0.38	0.88	0.9
Captan	77	3.0	2.38	7.15	8.2
Copper hydroxide	19	2.2	0.55	1.24	0.3
Iprodione	25	1.9	0.82	1.62	0.6
Vinclozolin	22	2.1	0.54	1.14	0.4

Table 3.16_Agricultural chemical applications: Tomatoes, fresh, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 3,000 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Metribuzin	29	1.0	0.50	0.54	0.5
Trifluralin	19	1.0	0.59	0.61	0.4
Insecticides:
Azinphos-methyl	69	4.1	0.34	1.39	2.9
Carbaryl	50	1.1	1.44	1.63	2.5
Endosulfan	73	5.9	0.58	3.44	7.5
Esfenvalerate	60	1.2	0.04	0.06	0.1
Methomyl	48	2.9	0.86	2.52	3.7
Permethrin	2	1.3	0.14	0.18	*
Fungicides:
Chlorothalonil	85	9.3	1.98	18.54	47.0
Copper hydroxide	74	9.8	1.37	13.49	29.8
Mancozeb	74	10.0	0.97	9.74	21.6
* Total applied is less than 50 pounds.

Table 3.17_Agricultural chemical applications: Tomatoes, processing, 1998
[Plsnted acres in 1998 were 2,300 acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Metribuzin	67	1.4	0.26	0.36	0.6
Sethoxydim	40	1.0	0.23	0.23	0.2
Insecticides:
Lambda-cyhalothrin	69	1.7	0.02	0.04	0.1
Fungicides:
Azoxystrobin	57	2.3	0.09	0.21	0.3
Chlorothalonil	80	7.0	1.66	11.75	21.7
Copper hydroxide	80	7.4	0.55	4.10	7.6
Mancozeb	46	1.9	1.29	2.48	2.6
Other chemicals:
Ethephon	76	1.0	0.37	0.38	0.7

Table 3.18_Agricultural chemical applications: Corn, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 2.3 million acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
2,4-D	26	1.0	0.21	0.21	123
Acetochlor	16	1.0	1.88	1.88	684
Alachlor	13	1.0	1.83	1.83	550
Atrazine	80	1.0	0.83	0.87	1,601
Cyanazine	8	1.0	1.54	1.54	292
Dicamba	10	1.0	0.33	0.34	81
Flumetsulam	11	1.0	0.04	0.04	10
Glyphosate	10	1.0	0.69	0.69	160
Metolachlor	43	1.0	1.86	1.86	1,856
Nicosulfuron	8	1.0	0.02	0.02	3
Pendimethalin	10	1.0	0.69	0.69	159
Insecticides:
Chlorpyrifos	6	1.0	1.10	1.10	153

Table 3.19_Agricultural chemical applications: Soybeans, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1.9 million acres]
Agricultural chemical	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
	Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	1,000 pounds
Herbicides:
Alachlor	19	1.0	2 .16	2.16	784
Bentazon	6	1.0	0 .96	1.03	122
Chlorimuron-ethyl	1	1.0	0 .02	0.02	1
Flumetsulam	12	1.0	0 .04	0.04	10
Glyphosate	35	1.0	0 .77	0.87	582
Imazamox	7	1.0	0 .04	0.04	6
Imazaquin	11	1.0	0 .06	0.06	14
Imazethapyr	23	1.0	0 .04	0.04	17
Metolachlor	13	1.0	1 .51	1.51	383
Metribuzin	16	1.0	0 .23	0.23	71
Pendimethalin	17	1.0	0 .94	0.94	296
Quizalofop-ethyl	4	1.0	0 .04	0.04	3
Thifensulfuron	4	1.0	0 .003	0.003	**
**    Total applied is less than 1,000 pounds.

Table 3.20_Fertilizer applications: Corn, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 2.3 million acres]
Fertilizer	Symbol	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
		Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	Million pounds
Nitrogen	N	95	1.8	58	105	228.9
Phosphate	P	91	1.0	42	43	90.7
Potash	K	87	1.3	71	89	179.2

Table 3.21_Fertilizer applications: Soybeans, 1998
[Planted acres in 1998 were 1.9 million acres]
Fertilizer	Symbol	Area applied	Applications	Rate per application	Rate per crop year	Total applied
		Percent	Number	Pounds per acre	Pounds per acre	Million pounds
Nitrogen	N	72	1.0	18	18	24.3
Phosphate	P	73	1.0	39	39	54.6
Potash	K	75	1.1	63	70	99.5

Table 3.22_Commercial fertilizer consumption: 1994-98
[Source: The Association of American Plant Food Control Officials]
Item	Year ending June 30
	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998
	Short tons
Primary plant nutrients:
Total N	280,090	264,572	229,150	275,600	248,102
N in multi-nutrients	68,471	75,182	61,853	64,017	58,790
Total P2O5	115,705	108,593	100,462	112,286	92,236
P2O5 in multi-nutrients	111,579	105,504	98,261	101,154	90,323
Total K2O	235,008	220,154	222,550	246,467	213,954
K2O in multi-nutrients	77,259	73,101	74,159	77,110	66,246
Total plant nutrients	630,803	593,320	552,162	634,354	554,291
Average analysis	45.8	45.2	45.3	44.5	43.8
Total nutrients in multi-nutrients	257,310	253,786	234,272	242,281	215,360
Selected single-nutrient materials:
Ammonium nitrate	7,684	8,257	7,900	9,401	6,483
Anhydrous ammonia	102,512	74,863	61,777	88,775	71,765
Nitrogen solutions	242,567	250,770	226,868	260,369	269,136
Urea	104,559	95,768	84,740	87,173	88,167
Ammonium sulfate	22,670	21,964	15,093	71,007	20,168
Concentrated superphosphate	7,799	6,493	4,762	5,202	3,961
Potassium chloride	254,298	234,845	237,984	271,868	237,257
Multiple-nutrient fertilizers:
N-P-K	374,143	433,577	418,228	434,859	387,053
N-P	117,858	124,929	109,463	125,241	115,178
N-K	30,502	30,269	28,418	31,768	26,527
P-K	10,744	9,844	9,321	11,435	7,891
Leading multiple-nutrient grades:
18-46-0	42,100	48,160	38,217	42,223	36,974
10-34-0	34,175	37,092	33,995	40,220	35,525
19-19-19	24,248	18,670	18,677	20,139	18,527
11-52-0	12,897	11,110	9,107	8,682	14,860
12-12-12	14,801	9,310	10,051	11,752	11,512
6-24-24	16,917	14,321	13,977	13,385	10,375
Fertilizer consumption by classes:
Dry bulk single-nutrient	416,115	429,404	395,402	490,328	401,282
Dry bagged single-nutrient	7,108	7,021	12,918	8,820	9,267
Fluid single-nutrient	353,931	328,046	292,718	369,706	348,333
Dry bulk multiple-nutrient	368,153	349,590	329,203	349,906	293,499
Dry bagged multiple-nutrient	102,249	182,292	167,705	174,006	179,578
Fluid multiple-nutrient	62,845	66,736	68,522	79,392	63,570
Organics, secondary and micronutrients	31,145	20,514	34,463	20,345	38,839
Total fertilizer	1,341,546	1,383,604	1,300,930	1,492,503	1,334,370

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