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

 ER 43
1998

Table 17. ALFALFA HAY: 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 0.3 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Glyphosate 1.6 0.1 100.0 - - 44.5 55.5 55.5 44.5
Imazethapyr 2.6 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
MCPA 0.5 0.0 . 100.0 - 100.0 - - 100.0
Picloram 0.3 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Sethoxydim 0.7 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Trifluralin 0.6 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Herbicides 6.4 0.4 92.9 7.1 - 86.4 13.6 13.6 86.4

Insecticide
Carbaryl 1.5 0.1 100.0 - - - 100.0 100.0 -
Chlorpyifos 0.7 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Esfenvalerate 1.1 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Fonofos 0.7 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Malathion 5.6 0.3 45.6 54.4 - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Insecticides 9.7 0.6 68.3 31.7 - 84.1 15.9 15.9 84.1

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.