Table 21

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

ER 43
1998

Table 21. CRP: Herbicide, insecticide, fungicide, and desiccant usage and application method. North Dakota, 1996.

						Applicator		Method of application
	Acres treated²	Acres treated	Applications			Farm operator	Custom	Method of application
	Acres treated²	Acres treated	1	2	3	Farm operator	Custom	Aerial	Ground
	(1000)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Herbicide¹
2,4-D	51.2	1.8	95.2	4.8	-	79.2	20.8	20.6	79.4
Amitrole	1.5	0.1	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Clopyralid+2,4-D	4.4	0.2	98.6	1.4	-	6.1	93.9	18.7	81.3
Dicamba	12.7	0.4	98.4	1.6	-	90.2	9.8	-	100.0
Glyphosate	6.5	0.2	100.0	-	-	58.0	42.0	21.6	78.4
Glyphosate+Dicamba	4.6	0.2	74.9	25.1	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
MCPA	8.6	0.3	97.6	2.4	-	60.2	39.8	33.1	66.9
Picloram	15.2	0.5	88.0	6.2	-	86.8	13.2	3.2	96.8
Thifensulfuron	0.5	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
All Herbicides	105.1	3.7	94.4	4.8	-	77.1	22.9	15.3	84.7

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.