Table 3. Acreage planted, acreage treated, and percentage of planted acreage treated with pesticides in crop reporting districts of North Dakota, 1996.
| District | Acres planted1 | Pesticide treated acres2 | |||||||||||
| Treated seed | On-farm treated seed | Herbi- cide |
Insecti- cide | Fungi- cide |
Dessi- cants | Treated seed | On-farm treated seed | Herbi- cide |
Insecti- cide |
Fungi- cide |
Dessi- cants |
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| (1000) | (1000) | (1000) | (1000) | (1000) | (1000) | (1000) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | (%) | |
Potato |
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| North Central | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.5 | - | 95.0 | 95.0 | 95.0 | 100.0 | 95.0 | - |
| Northeast | 106.9 | 74.2 | 55.2 | 38.5 | 81.8 | 88.5 | 35.8 | 69.4 | 51.7 | 36.0 | 76.5 | 82.8 | 33.5 |
| Central | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 0.7 | 6.3 | 3.1 | 15.1 | 0.0 | 94.8 | 11.4 | 99.3 | 48.8 |
| East Central | 5.3 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 33.1 | 5.5 | 21.3 | 72.4 | 66.9 | 66.9 |
| Southwest | 0.2 | - | - | 0.2 | 0.2 | - | 0.1 | - | - | 97.8 | 97.8 | - | 55.9 |
| South Central | 2.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Southeast | 9.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.6 | - | 26.4 | 26.4 | 100.0 | 99.0 | 100.0 | - |
| Total | 134.0 | 83.0 | 61.6 | 58.9 | 99.7 | 111.4 | 42.6 | 61.9 | 46.0 | 44.0 | 74.4 | 83.1 | 31.8 |
1Preliminary estimates by the North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service.
2Multiple applications to the same acreage were totaled as one application.