The top 100 pesticides by acres treated in total statewide pesticide use in 2018

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The top 100 pesticides used by cumulative acres treated in 2018 (all sites combined). Chemical names that end with an " * " are adjuvants. Application counts (Number Apps) include only production agricultural pesticide uses. Acres treated totals (Acres) applies to production agricultural pesticide uses and those non-production-agricultural uses legally required to report acreage. Acres is a cumulative value calculated by summing the acres treated in each application even when the same site is treated more than once in a year (For example, if a one acre site is treated three times in a year with an individual active ingredient, it is counted as three acres treated). A zero value in acres treated or number of applications indicates all applications were non-production-agricultural uses. Text files of data are available.

Year Chemical Rank Pounds Number
Apps		 Acres
2018 ALPHA-(PARA-NONYLPHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 1 2529936 250118 10374177
2018 SULFUR 2 48571279 157172 5659439
2018 DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE* 3 254731 143700 5581795
2018 METHYLATED SOYBEAN OIL* 4 2177919 120782 4509004
2018 MINERAL OIL 5 29611582 105540 3367201
2018 GLYPHOSATE, POTASSIUM SALT 6 6109802 87939 3218657
2018 LECITHIN* 7 728946 76319 2795838
2018 ABAMECTIN 8 52990 73595 2717337
2018 ALPHA-UNDECYL-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 9 445576 76183 2550869
2018 AMMONIUM SULFATE 10 980294 66343 2510108
2018 LAMBDA-CYHALOTHRIN 11 95361 70605 2486885
2018 GLYPHOSATE, ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT 12 5766081 81008 2378762
2018 N,N-BIS-(2-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)ETHYL)ALKYLAMINE, ALKYL DERIVED FROM TALLOW FATTY ACIDS* 13 170895 67341 2375716
2018 ALPHA-ALKYL (C9-C11)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 14 269983 77447 2226656
2018 METHOXYFENOZIDE 15 614165 42367 2214653
2018 PHOSPHORIC ACID 16 264882 64503 2210806
2018 CHLORANTRANILIPROLE 17 195286 51223 2203118
2018 CITRIC ACID 18 152231 52146 2186430
2018 FATTY ACIDS, MIXED* 19 140120 47148 2176463
2018 OXYFLUORFEN 20 852992 62878 2079597
2018 BIFENTHRIN 21 330518 32586 1705194
2018 GLUFOSINATE-AMMONIUM 22 1595020 56657 1697284
2018 DIETHYLENE GLYCOL* 23 230690 31211 1632077
2018 TALL OIL FATTY ACIDS* 24 147480 41485 1610361
2018 4-NONYLPHENOL, FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, PROPOXYLATED* 25 177908 47094 1574059
2018 ALPHA-(PARA-NONYLPHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE), PHOSPHATE ESTER* 26 232443 39927 1472015
2018 IMIDACLOPRID 27 466269 60754 1467169
2018 POLYALKENE OXIDE MODIFIED HEPTAMETHYL TRISILOXANE* 28 69835 36904 1362377
2018 AZOXYSTROBIN 29 246479 33434 1318694
2018 PROPIONIC ACID 30 190707 37018 1300375
2018 COPPER HYDROXIDE 31 2346020 39578 1290680
2018 SPINETORAM 32 82001 61273 1268959
2018 FATTY ACIDS, C16-C18 AND C18-UNSATURATED, METHYL ESTERS* 33 502437 39968 1247958
2018 PARAQUAT DICHLORIDE 34 1301935 28084 1240012
2018 POLYBUTENES 35 95865 37462 1210970
2018 POLYACRYLAMIDE POLYMER* 36 11217 21460 1195296
2018 FLUOPYRAM 37 112852 28798 1172149
2018 PROPYLENE GLYCOL 38 107437 36475 1171518
2018 ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL 39 55713 45803 1092822
2018 PENDIMETHALIN 40 2244649 27980 1077303
2018 PYRACLOSTROBIN 41 136596 37449 1069297
2018 SPIROTETRAMAT 42 109711 56268 1012153
2018 BUTYL ALCOHOL* 43 77331 18598 931904
2018 TRIFLOXYSTROBIN 44 89571 23797 899181
2018 SAFLUFENACIL 45 33616 19709 829033
2018 PROPICONAZOLE 46 168546 23466 808975
2018 POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL* 47 141828 20971 784481
2018 TEBUCONAZOLE 48 106817 19732 765719
2018 POLYETHER MODIFIED POLYSILOXANE* 49 71297 36190 752953
2018 AMMONIUM NITRATE* 50 78171 26079 742539
2018 PYRAFLUFEN-ETHYL 51 2552 16273 721345
2018 MANCOZEB 52 1315141 33787 715654
2018 (S)-CYPERMETHRIN 53 32476 30762 697304
2018 DIMETHYL ALKYL TERTIARY AMINES* 54 6330 21446 690761
2018 BENZOIC ACID* 55 5800 21446 690761
2018 CYPRODINIL 56 176936 21617 676628
2018 RIMSULFURON 57 32303 23126 676235
2018 DIFENOCONAZOLE 58 59130 15958 675950
2018 ESFENVALERATE 59 44283 18371 672439
2018 MODIFIED PHTHALIC GLYCEROL ALKYD RESIN* 60 176767 17384 633532
2018 AMMONIUM PROPIONATE* 61 106669 16272 633045
2018 OLEIC ACID, ETHYL ESTER* 62 249648 27327 630381
2018 INDAZIFLAM 63 39888 24539 630368
2018 POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL STEARATE* 64 60931 27319 629920
2018 ALKYL (C8,C10) POLYGLUCOSIDE* 65 110254 17044 629492
2018 ALPHA-PINENE BETA-PINENE COPOLYMER* 66 191177 23151 600635
2018 HYDROTREATED PARAFFINIC SOLVENT 67 363825 14439 599730
2018 ACETAMIPRID 68 63542 21498 599439
2018 2-(3-HYDROXYPROPYL)-HEPTA-METHYL TRISILOXANE, ETHOXYLATED, ACETATE* 69 124157 33363 593062
2018 ETOXAZOLE 70 69101 11783 591183
2018 VEGETABLE OIL* 71 824829 4991 584304
2018 OLEIC ACID, METHYL ESTER* 72 520203 14281 583911
2018 TALL OIL* 73 53064 23486 583461
2018 THIAMETHOXAM 74 61506 29301 575983
2018 ALPHA-TRIDECYL-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHANOL) PHOSPHATE* 75 35942 12504 572010
2018 FLONICAMID 76 49079 15146 569735
2018 SODIUM POLYACRYLATE* 77 5886 13144 564425
2018 UREA DIHYDROGEN SULFATE 78 378206 10900 564181
2018 BOSCALID 79 141437 24819 557952
2018 PETROLEUM OIL, UNCLASSIFIED 80 7734445 11802 555113
2018 CARFENTRAZONE-ETHYL 81 12967 14926 550399
2018 POLYOXYETHYLENE POLYOXYPROPYLENE* 82 95720 16575 549961
2018 CHLOROTHALONIL 83 1171126 16026 548568
2018 QUINOXYFEN 84 49807 19313 526102
2018 OLEIC ACID* 85 58605 17596 513096
2018 GIBBERELLINS 86 28619 16493 505422
2018 PERMETHRIN 87 130433 35114 499836
2018 ETHEPHON 88 433459 10366 495261
2018 HEXYTHIAZOX 89 85209 11032 492646
2018 FLUPYRADIFURONE 90 66291 21812 483880
2018 FLUXAPYROXAD 91 48918 10902 468592
2018 PYRIPROXYFEN 92 26946 10040 454368
2018 CLETHODIM 93 89623 9313 449810
2018 INDOXACARB 94 38004 14408 449270
2018 PETROLEUM OIL, PARAFFIN BASED 95 589747 10643 442144
2018 DIMETHOATE 96 164880 8404 436002
2018 ALPHA-(PARA-DODECYLPHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 97 19799 17363 432875
2018 CHLORPYRIFOS 98 601173 6827 431218
2018 BIFENAZATE 99 262543 11731 428178
2018 MYCLOBUTANIL 100 49186 17189 420638