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

 ER 43
1998

Table 12. SOYBEAN: 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 4.7 0.6 100.0 - - 73.7 26.3 9.1 90.9
2,4-DB 1.3 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Acifluorfen 29.3 3.4 100.0 - - 82.4 17.6 6.9 93.1
Acifluorfen+Bentazon 89.6 10.5 90.0 10.0 - 83.2 16.8 - 100.0
Alachlor 1.7 0.2 100.0 - - 37.0 63.0 - 100.0
Alachlor+Trifluralin 21.8 2.6 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Bentazon 220.2 25.9 86.5 13.5 - 89.0 11.0 4.4 95.6
Chlorimuron 0.5 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Clethodim 4.4 0.5 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Dicamba 0.8 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Dimethenamid 0.8 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - 100.0 -
EPTC+safener 0.1 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Ethalfluralin 126.9 14.9 100.0 - - 78.1 21.9 3.2 96.8
Fenoxaprop 2.6 0.3 100.0 - - 83.2 16.8 16.8 83.2
Fluazifop-P 0.3 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Fluazifop-P+Fenoxaprop 118.6 14.0 100.0 - - 76.1 23.9 5.1 94.9
Flumetsulam 14.4 1.7 100.0 - - 90.9 9.1 5.9 94.1
Flumetsulam+Metolachlor 1.1 0.1 100.0 - - 25.0 75.0 75.0 25.0
Flumetsulam+Trifluralin 31.2 3.7 100.0 - - 48.5 51.5 2.2 97.8
Glyphosate 9.9 1.2 100.0 - - 85.6 14.4 1.4 98.6
Imazethapyr 295.4 34.8 99.5 0.5 - 81.8 18.2 3.0 97.0
Lactofen 78.7 9.3 100.0 - - 91.6 8.4 1.6 98.4
MCPA 0.9 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Metolachlor 7.8 0.9 100.0 - - 86.1 13.9 - 100.0
Metribuzin 2.4 0.3 100.0 - - 91.9 8.1 8.1 91.9
Pendimethalin 29.7 3.5 100.0 - - 88.0 12.0 0.7 99.3
Quizalofop-P 42.9 5.0 100.0 - - 86.3 13.7 8.5 91.5
Sethoxydim 16.8 2.0 100.0 - - 96.4 3.6 3.0 97.0
Thifensulfuron 149.2 17.6 99.3 0.7 - 81.9 18.1 4.3 95.7
Trifluralin 211.7 24.9 100.0 - - 81.0 19.0 1.5 98.5
All Herbicides 1515.9 178.3 97.3 2.7 - 82.7 17.3 3.3 96.7

Insecticide
Carbofuran 8.8 1.0 56.3 43.7 - 59.7 40.3 40.3 59.7
Esfenvalerate 4.3 0.5 100.0 - - 88.6 11.4 11.4 88.6
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin 1.6 0.2 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
All Insecticides 14.7 1.7 73.8 26.2 - 61.5 38.5 38.5 61.5

Fungicide
Sulfur 1.1 0.1 - 100.0 - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Fungicides 1.1 0.1 - 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.