The top 100 sites by pounds in total statewide pesticide use in 2017

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The top 100 sites used by pounds of active ingredients statewide in 2017 (all pesticides combined). Note that calculation methods for application and acre counts in this table were adjusted in 2016 to prevent over-counting when a product contains more than one active ingredient. Application and acre counts in this table should not be compared to the application and acre counts listed in Top 100 Sites tables created prior to 2016. Text files of data are available.

Year Site Rank Pounds Num_Apps Acres
2017 ALMOND 1 34334310 399495 23342040
2017 GRAPE, WINE 2 29066692 381157 10582475
2017 GRAPE 3 15631082 168346 6776467
2017 ORANGE 4 11895974 120747 2670827
2017 STRAWBERRY 5 10980278 77753 2422860
2017 TOMATO, PROCESSING 6 9966821 35567 2800466
2017 WALNUT 7 8050555 162668 5571973
2017 CARROT 8 6474648 11679 551810
2017 PISTACHIO 9 5436143 67431 5226038
2017 RICE 10 4470984 36464 2577972
2017 SOIL FUMIGATION/PREPLANT 11 4321740 5513 232006
2017 COTTON 12 4008870 92376 8988569
2017 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL 13 3710257 8 22
2017 RIGHTS OF WAY 14 3672057 3928 91194
2017 LEMON 15 3225592 29413 625101
2017 PEACH 16 3191516 73023 1134623
2017 ALFALFA 17 3128793 89132 5206093
2017 TANGERINE 18 2928776 42366 1260831
2017 ONION, DRY 19 1732549 19795 1071801
2017 SWEET POTATO 20 1697150 1318 38029
2017 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 21 1613693 1205 6008
2017 UNCULTIVATED AG 22 1572902 37051 1519414
2017 TOMATO 23 1547382 16555 594463
2017 WATER (INDUSTRIAL) 24 1486670 0 2257
2017 PEPPER, FRUITING 25 1422641 15292 412990
2017 PEAR 26 1420245 11135 321287
2017 CHERRY 27 1360882 38242 762264
2017 LETTUCE, LEAF 28 1330542 203052 2097067
2017 NECTARINE 29 1299816 38868 483012
2017 POTATO 30 1216984 6080 364609
2017 PRUNE 31 986185 11670 407269
2017 LETTUCE, HEAD 32 964710 143375 1886668
2017 CORN (FORAGE - FODDER) 33 955387 32185 1654568
2017 SUGARBEET 34 787586 5446 381882
2017 PUBLIC HEALTH 35 771830 4 170
2017 N-OUTDR PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 36 769436 87776 247648
2017 PLUM 37 752195 26413 299066
2017 WATER AREA 38 747289 457 194820
2017 POMEGRANATE 39 672559 2957 263966
2017 AVOCADO 40 666383 14558 190098
2017 DITCH BANK 41 633190 458 3236
2017 BEAN, DRIED 42 619734 4864 238123
2017 N-OUTDR TRANSPLANTS 43 561342 19379 98065
2017 RASPBERRY 44 545864 11533 123081
2017 FUMIGATION, OTHER 45 540395 9 None
2017 BROCCOLI 46 514543 64988 834966
2017 OLIVE 47 437306 7689 163502
2017 BERMUDAGRASS 48 429253 1822 114195
2017 ANIMAL PREMISE 49 426118 254 2064
2017 APPLE 50 420255 8426 131487
2017 FOREST, TIMBERLAND 51 418798 7909 255630
2017 BRUSSELS SPROUT 52 409762 19002 268670
2017 SPINACH 53 369333 65837 623544
2017 LUMBER, TREATED 54 367978 0 None
2017 CELERY 55 329124 64250 701986
2017 TANGELO 56 310154 4399 83023
2017 COMMODITY FUMIGATION 57 305151 71 387
2017 N-OUTDR FLOWER 58 296096 32463 162362
2017 GRAPEFRUIT 59 283857 5404 91495
2017 BLACKBERRY 60 282282 8908 66477
2017 WATERMELON 61 266799 4727 193648
2017 CORN, HUMAN CONSUMPTION 62 263912 18228 748654
2017 SAFFLOWER 63 219168 2389 458586
2017 FOOD PROCRESSING PLANT 64 201259 0 982
2017 CABBAGE 65 199160 27471 264685
2017 MELON 66 195058 3581 182787
2017 CANTALOUPE 67 191315 4640 298215
2017 CITRUS 68 190545 2901 29315
2017 APRICOT 69 189505 6262 108571
2017 GARLIC 70 176195 4227 313260
2017 WHEAT 71 171006 7375 494621
2017 SUNFLOWER 72 156304 3471 210256
2017 BLUEBERRY 73 142880 4741 97338
2017 CAULIFLOWER 74 141446 27514 292417
2017 CILANTRO 75 137803 6154 37573
2017 KALE 76 136713 22588 132499
2017 CHINESE CABBAGE (NAPPA) 77 126321 11116 48346
2017 WHEAT (FORAGE - FODDER) 78 113972 11854 693990
2017 EGGPLANT 79 107210 1380 13457
2017 KIWI 80 94349 1350 36384
2017 UNKNOWN 81 88288 515 18882
2017 TURF/SOD 82 87060 2030 33381
2017 BEET 83 85334 5283 27078
2017 CORN, GRAIN 84 82032 3602 151554
2017 PARSLEY 85 74868 6208 46390
2017 SWISS CHARD 86 74574 12682 43256
2017 PEAS 87 74037 8225 84421
2017 BOK CHOY 88 73129 12843 38836
2017 ARTICHOKE, GLOBE 89 66608 11130 151889
2017 BASIL, SWEET 90 65013 4181 19233
2017 STORAGE AREA/BOX 91 63614 0 9
2017 RICE, WILD 92 59897 225 13178
2017 SORGHUM (FORAGE - FODDER) 93 55458 1496 124777
2017 MUSTARD GREENS 94 55381 5760 21461
2017 FIG 95 55365 687 31632
2017 N-GRNHS PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 96 54637 56594 57401
2017 UNCULTIVATED NON-AG 97 54148 1842 50588
2017 REGULATORY PEST CONTROL 98 52373 21 90
2017 COLLARD 99 52012 6121 21489
2017 N-GRNHS FLOWER 100 49482 26343 64649