Table 22

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Total reported pounds of all active ingredients (AI), acres treated, acres harvested, and prices for alfalfa each year from 2013 to 2017. Harvested acres are from USDA(a) 2014 - 2018; marketing year average prices are from USDA(c), 2016 - 2018; Acres treated means cumulative acres treated (see explanation p. 14). Text files of data are available. Number of Applications and Acres values are for production agricultural pesticide use only.

Alfalfa 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Pounds AI 3750765 3737082 3506220 3149661 3128793
Acres Treated 6207370 6651138 5686474 5349472 5206093
Acres harvested 900000 875000 790000 720000 660000
Price per ton 206 244 181 155 175