Table 9

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

ER 43
1998

Table 9. FLAX: 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	7.3	9.1	100.0	-	-	96.6	3.4	3.4	96.6
Bromoxynil	12.4	15.5	100.0	-	-	97.6	2.4	20.6	79.4
Bromoxynil+MCPA	1.4	1.8	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Glyphosate	7.3	9.1	70.3	29.7	-	80.8	19.2	19.2	80.8
Glyphosate+Dicamba	1.9	2.4	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
MCPA	18.2	22.7	100.0	-	-	98.4	1.6	1.6	98.4
Quizalofop-P	0.2	0.2	100.0	-	-	100.0	-	-	100.0
Sethoxydim	30.3	37.8	100.0	-	-	86.9	13.1	16.9	83.1
Trifluralin	9.2	11.5	100.0	-	-	84.9	15.1	-	100.0
All Herbicides	88.1	110.2	97.6	2.4	-	91.4	8.6	10.9	89.1

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.