Table 23A

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

ER 43
1998

Table 23A. INSECTICIDE usage in North Dakota, 1996.

						Applicator		Method of application
	Acres treated¹	Acres treated	Applications			Farm operator	Custom	Method of application
	Acres treated¹	Acres treated	1	2	3	Farm operator	Custom	Aerial	Ground
	(1000)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Insecticide
Aldicarb	0.5	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Azinphos-Methyl	17.6	0.0	100.0	-	-	92.0	8.0	8.0	92.0
Bacillus thuringiensis	1.4	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Carbaryl	25.8	0.1	100.0	-	-	44.1	55.9	51.7	48.3
Carbofuran	214.0	0.5	42.2	27.7	30.1	74.5	25.5	24.1	75.7
Chlorpyifos	483.9	1.2	97.6	2.4	-	22.2	77.8	76.1	23.9
Diazinon	0.1	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Dimethoate	14.6	0.0	4.9	-	95.1	95.1	4.9	4.9	95.1
Methyl parathion (encap)	10.3	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	90.2	9.8
Endosulfan	22.6	0.1	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Esfenvalerate	324.7	0.8	80.8	15.9	3.3	48.6	51.4	52.5	47.5
Ethyl parathion	25.3	0.1	66.6	31.1	2.3	2.3	97.7	97.7	2.3
Fenvalerate	2.9	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Fonofos	0.7	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Imidacloprid	2.8	0.0	100.0	-	-	38.0	62.0	62.0	38.0
Lamnda-Cyhalothrin	195.9	0.5	98.3	1.7	-	30.2	69.8	70.6	29.4
Malathion	13.0	0.0	76.3	23.7	-	58.7	41.3	41.3	58.7
Methamidophos	25.8	0.1	46.3	-	53.7	77.1	22.9	22.9	77.1
Methyl parathion	14.1	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	51.7	48.3
Permethrin	1.6	0.0	100.0	-	-	-	100.0	-	100.0
Phorate	14.2	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Phosphamidon	1.0	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Tefluthrin	10.0	0.0	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Terbufos	79.2	0.2	94.3	5.7	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Tralomethrin	10.4	0.0	100.0	-	-	31.5	68.5	68.5	31.5
Total	1512.5	3.8	83.8	9.3	6.8	45.7	54.3	53.3	46.7

¹Multiple applications to the same acreage were totaled as separate values. Thus, acres treated can exceed 100% of planted acres.