PESTICIDE DEMAND FOR OTHER CROPS (million pounds) 2001 - 2021
Other significant
crops include wheat, sorghum, barley, oats, and rice
The field crops use more herbicides than any
other type of pesticide, especially glyphosate, atrazine, S-metolachlor and , -D
Wheat also
requires more fungicide use than corn or soybeans; pesticide use is also
dependent on the type of wheat being grown
Rice uses more fungicide than the other field crops, with active
ingredients like azoxystrobin and propiconazole
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PESTICIDE DEMAND FOR OTHER CROPS (million pounds) 2001 - 2021
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2001
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2006
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2011
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2016
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2021
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Other Cropland Planted (mil acres)
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lb pesticide/acre
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Other Crops Pesticide Demand
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Herbicides
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Insecticides
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Other
Pesticides
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% other crops
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Total Agricultural Pesticide Demand
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Source:
The Freedonia Group, Inc
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