Pesticide Use and Pest Management Practices
for Major Crops in North Dakota 1996

 ER 43
1998

Table 10. CORN: Herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, and desiccant usage and application method. North Dakota, 1996.

 

 

 Applicator Method
of application
Acres
treated2		 Acres
treated		 Applications Farm
operator		 Custom
1 2 3 Aerial Ground
(1000) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%) (%)

Herbicide1
2,4-D 27.2 3.0 100.0 - - 87.9 12.1 6.5 93.5
Acetochlor+EPTC 28.8 3.2 100.0 - - 61.8 38.2 - 100.0
Acetochlor+safener 114.8 12.8 82.4 17.6 - 92.0 8.0 3.4 96.6
Acetochlor+safener+Atrazine 4.2 0.5 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Acifluorfen+Bentazon 1.0 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Alachlor 12.4 1.4 100.0 - - 87.3 12.7 1.3 98.7
Atrazine 73.5 8.2 100.0 - - 91.8 8.2 0.9 99.1
Atrazine+2,4-D 0.2 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Atrazine+Bromoxynil 9.7 1.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Bentazon 9.8 1.1 100.0 - - 35.1 64.9 10.5 89.5
Bromoxynil 167.4 18.6 100.0 - - 87.4 12.6 3.9 96.1
Clopyralid 2.8 0.3 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Clopyralid+2,4-D+Flumetsulam 4.4 0.5 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Cyanazine 47.6 5.3 100.0 - - 76.1 23.9 4.2 95.8
Cyanazine+Atrazine 1.4 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Dicamba 275.5 30.6 91.7 8.3 - 79.5 20.5 5.1 94.9
Dicamba+Atrazine 2.7 0.3 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Dimethenamid 27.2 3.0 100.0 - - 78.9 21.1 - 100.0
EPTC+safener 113.0 12.6 100.0 - - 78.2 21.8 6.8 93.2
EPTC+safener+extender 10.8 1.2 100.0 - - 41.3 58.7 - 100.0
Ethalfluralin 2.0 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Flumetsulam+Metolachlor 1.9 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
Glyphosate 17.3 1.9 87.8 12.2 - 96.1 3.9 - 100.0
MCPA 1.9 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Metolachlor 14.8 1.6 100.0 - - 51.7 48.3 - 100.0
Metribuzin 4.0 0.4 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Nicosulfuron 348.3 38.7 99.5 0.5 - 77.6 22.4 3.6 96.4
Paraquat 0.6 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
Pendimethalin 21.3 2.4 100.0 - - 89.6 10.4 2.7 97.3
Primisulfuron 2.3 0.3 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Pyridate 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Rimsulfuron+Thifensulfuron 19.2 2.1 100.0 - - 96.0 4.0 - 100.0
All Herbicides 1369.5 152.2 96.6 3.4 - 81.4 18.6 3.7 96.3

Insecticide
Carbofuran 4.2 0.5 100.0 - - 97.4 2.6 - 100.0
Chlorpyifos 1.0 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Esfenvalerate 2.1 0.2 100.0 - - 33.8 66.2 66.2 33.8
Ethyl parathion 2.3 0.3 80.0 20.0 - - 100.0 100.0 -
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin 31.7 3.5 100.0 - - - 100.0 86.1 13.9
Malathion 0.9 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Methyl parathion 0.5 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Permethrin 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
Tefluthrin 10.0 1.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Terbufos 1.7 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Insecticides 56.0 6.2 99.2 0.8 - 31.3 68.7 57.7 42.3

Fungicide
Benlate 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
All Fungicides 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0

Desiccant
Endothall 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0
All Desiccants 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 - 100.0

1Herbicides applied as a tank mixture were considered separately unless a commercial premix was used.

2Multiple applications to the same acreage were totaled as separate values. Thus, acres treated can exceed 100% of planted acres.