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

 ER 43
1998

Table 8. OAT: 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 100.0 18.9 100.0 - - 89.8 10.2 4.1 95.9
Bromoxynil 1.0 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Bromoxynil+MCPA 6.3 1.2 100.0 - - 86.1 13.9 - 100.0
Dicamba 28.8 5.4 100.0 - - 86.5 13.5 7.9 92.1
Glyphosate 9.1 1.7 93.5 6.5 - 95.8 4.2 14.4 85.6
Glyphosate+Dicamba 2.0 0.4 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
MCPA 94.1 17.8 100.0 - - 88.4 11.6 4.7 95.3
Metsulfuron 0.6 0.1 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Picloram 1.5 0.3 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Propanil 3.1 0.6 100.0 - - 77.1 22.9 7.9 92.1
Thifensulfuron+Tribenuron 4.1 0.8 100.0 - - 68.6 31.4 2.3 97.7
Tribenuron 1.9 0.4 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
Trifluralin 1.1 0.2 100.0 - - 100.0 - - 100.0
All Herbicides 253.6 47.8 99.8 0.2 - 88.9 11.1 4.9 95.1

Insecticide
Ethyl parathion 3.5 0.7 100.0 - - 100.0 100.0 - -
All Insecticides 3.5 0.7 100.0 - - 100.0 100.0 - -

Fungicide
Mancozeb 0.2 0.0 100.0 - - 100.0 100.0 - -
All Fungicides 0.2 0.0 100.0 - - 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.