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

 ER 43
1998

Table 26. Summary of non-pesticide farm procedures and methods used in North Dakota, 1996.

Method or
procedure		 District

Total

 Used
procedure

Used
for pest
control

Used
procedure

Used
for pest
control

-------(Number reporting) ------

(% of total)

(% of users)
 
CROP ROTATION Northwest 488 328 236 67.2 72.0
North Central 326 247 195 75.8 78.9
Northeast 551 468 394 84.9 84.2
West Central 336 243 174 72.3 71.6
Central 320 242 200 75.6 82.6
East Central 349 318 266 91.1 83.6
Southwest 287 171 120 59.6 70.2
South Central 289 190 126 65.7 66.3
Southeast 449 372 303 82.9 81.5
State 3395 2579 2014 76.0 78.1
 
SUMMER FALLOW Northwest 504 327 206 64.9 63.0
North Central 329 149 92 45.3 61.7
Northeast 555 158 97 28.5 61.4
West Central 344 189 112 54.9 59.3
Central 324 118 78 36.4 66.1
East Central 350 76 40 21.7 52.6
Southwest 290 175 115 60.3 65.7
South Central 291 124 81 42.6 65.3
Southeast 449 138 78 30.7 56.5
State 3436 1454 899 42.3 61.8
 
MOLDBOARD PLOW Northwest 505 112 60 22.2 53.6
North Central 329 80 55 24.3 68.8
Northeast 556 249 191 44.8 76.7
West Central 344 94 52 27.3 55.3
Central 325 120 79 36.9 65.8
East Central 350 153 115 43.7 75.2
Southwest 290 45 23 15.5 51.1
South Central 291 126 92 43.3 73.0
Southeast 451 216 155 47.9 71.8
State 3441 1195 822 34.7 68.8
 
ROW CROP
CULTIVATION		 Northwest 505 97 50 19.2 51.5
North Central 329 90 71 27.4 78.9
Northeast 557 314 252 56.4 80.3
West Central 344 89 62 25.9 69.7
Central 325 144 121 44.3 84.0
East Central 350 258 206 73.7 79.8
Southwest 290 42 27 14.5 64.3
South Central 291 85 59 29.2 69.4
Southeast 451 274 213 60.8 77.7
State 3442 1393 1061 40.5 76.2
 
HARROW/
ROTARY HOE		 Northwest 505 172 85 34 49
North Central 329 136 60 41 44
Northeast 557 313 198 56 63
West Central 344 102 56 30 55
Central 325 108 72 33 67
East Central 350 182 125 52 69
Southwest 290 58 33 20 57
South Central 291 75 55 26 73
Southeast 451 170 126 38 74
State 3442 1316 810 38 62
 
NO-TILL Northwest 507 101 39 20 39
North Central 329 53 23 16 43
Northeast 558 46 19 8 41
West Central 345 45 17 13 38
Central 325 34 9 11 27
East Central 350 38 20 11 53
Southwest 291 68 22 23 32
South Central 291 27 16 9 59
Southeast 451 72 36 16 50
State 3447 484 201 14 42
 
VARIETY
SELECTION		 Northwest 507 262 146 52 56
North Central 329 183 127 56 69
Northeast 558 405 324 73 80
West Central 345 149 94 43 63
Central 325 175 125 54 71
East Central 350 269 191 77 71
Southwest 291 136 76 47 56
South Central 291 117 74 40 63
Southeast 451 264 172 59 65
State 3447 1960 1329 57 68
 
HAND WEEDING Northwest 507 72 31 14 43
North Central 329 33 22 10 67
Northeast 558 151 123 27 82
West Central 345 41 24 12 59
Central 326 30 15 9 50
East Central 350 110 83 31 76
Southwest 292 33 17 11 52
South Central 291 26 15 9 58
Southeast 451 94 70 21 75
State 3449 590 400 17 68
 
STUBBLE BURNING Northwest 50 109 50 22 46
North Central 329 77 55 23 71
Northeast 558 136 84 24 62
West Central 345 35 15 10 43
Central 326 38 18 12 47
East Central 350 69 34 20 49
Southwest 292 29 11 10 38
South Central 291 24 14 8 58
Southeast 451 46 22 10 48
State 3449 563 303 16 54
 
BENEFICIAL INSECTS Northwest 510 77 37 15 48
North Central 331 34 22 10 65
Northeast 559 30 15 5 50
West Central 346 33 15 10 46
Central 328 29 19 9 66
East Central 350 41 28 12 68
Southwest 295 50 31 17 62
South Central 294 27 16 9 59
Southeast 453 41 27 9 66
State 3466 362 210 10 58
 
AG CONSULTANT Northwest 510 93 42 18 45
North Central 331 49 35 15 71
Northeast 559 125 90 22 72
West Central 346 40 22 12 55
Central 328 37 19 11 51
East Central 350 104 69 30 66
Southwest 295 37 17 13 46
South Central 294 22 11 8 50
Southeast 454 78 51 17 65
State 3467 585 356 17 61
 
REDUCED
TILLAGE 		Northwest 511 317 152 62 48
North Central 331 186 82 56 44
Northeast 559 295 133 53 45
West Central 347 179 83 52 46
Central 328 171 77 52 45
East Central 350 204 77 58 38
Southwest 297 185 91 62 49
South Central 295 141 62 48 44
Southeast 453 261 122 58 47
State 3471 1939 879 56 45
 
ADJUSTED
PLANTING 		Northwest 511 190 106 37 56
North Central 331 132 78 40 59
Northeast 559 247 153 44 62
West Central 347 92 53 27 58
Central 328 110 65 34 59
East Central 350 129 62 37 48
Southwest 297 80 37 27 46
South Central 295 72 29 24 40
Southeast 453 162 79 36 49
State 3471 1214 662 35 55
 
OTHER Northwest 511 98 45 19 46
North Central 331 53 36 16 68
Northeast 559 128 93 23 73
West Central 346 40 21 12 53
Central 328 37 18 11 49
East Central 350 103 70 29 68
Southwest 295 41 20 14 49
South Central 294 23 13 8 57
Southeast 452 77 49 17 64
State 3466 600 365 17 61