The top 100 pesticides by pounds in total statewide pesticide use in 2018

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The top 100 pesticides used by pounds of active ingredients statewide 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 SULFUR 1 48571279 157172 5659439
2018 MINERAL OIL 2 29611582 105540 3367201
2018 1,3-DICHLOROPROPENE 3 12569270 2763 65635
2018 POTASSIUM N-METHYLDITHIOCARBAMATE 4 8527736 3853 45459
2018 PETROLEUM OIL, UNCLASSIFIED 5 7734445 11802 555113
2018 CHLOROPICRIN 6 7436425 2034 41974
2018 GLYPHOSATE, POTASSIUM SALT 7 6109802 87939 3218657
2018 GLYPHOSATE, ISOPROPYLAMINE SALT 8 5766081 81008 2378762
2018 CALCIUM HYDROXIDE 9 5016453 10385 248702
2018 METAM-SODIUM 10 3765705 573 20139
2018 KAOLIN 11 3268360 3531 98959
2018 SULFURYL FLUORIDE 12 2991914 22 1
2018 ALPHA-(PARA-NONYLPHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 13 2529936 250118 10374177
2018 COPPER HYDROXIDE 14 2346020 39578 1290680
2018 PENDIMETHALIN 15 2244649 27980 1077303
2018 METHYLATED SOYBEAN OIL* 16 2177919 120782 4509004
2018 PROPANIL 17 1829002 4768 344239
2018 COPPER SULFATE (PENTAHYDRATE) 18 1801464 3016 258455
2018 LIME-SULFUR 19 1701224 2889 77534
2018 METHYL BROMIDE 20 1682989 380 5602
2018 GLUFOSINATE-AMMONIUM 21 1595020 56657 1697284
2018 COPPER ETHANOLAMINE COMPLEXES, MIXED 22 1510703 86 5425
2018 PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, REFINED 23 1395969 6411 184100
2018 MANCOZEB 24 1315141 33787 715654
2018 PARAQUAT DICHLORIDE 25 1301935 28084 1240012
2018 POTASSIUM PHOSPHITE 26 1203727 28002 411056
2018 COPPER SULFATE (BASIC) 27 1202539 10993 326460
2018 CHLOROTHALONIL 28 1171126 16026 548568
2018 SODIUM HYPOCHLORITE 29 1074744 217 5441
2018 AMMONIUM SULFATE 30 980294 66343 2510108
2018 OXYFLUORFEN 31 852992 62878 2079597
2018 VEGETABLE OIL* 32 824829 4991 584304
2018 LECITHIN* 33 728946 76319 2795838
2018 HYDROGEN CYANAMIDE 34 684190 1162 45555
2018 BORIC ACID 35 677104 109 425
2018 ZIRAM 36 665996 5667 124648
2018 METHOXYFENOZIDE 37 614165 42367 2214653
2018 CHLORPYRIFOS 38 601173 6827 431218
2018 THIOBENCARB 39 592804 2142 172814
2018 PETROLEUM OIL, PARAFFIN BASED 40 589747 10643 442144
2018 SODIUM BROMIDE 41 539356 0 392
2018 OLEIC ACID, METHYL ESTER* 42 520203 14281 583911
2018 FATTY ACIDS, C16-C18 AND C18-UNSATURATED, METHYL ESTERS* 43 502437 39968 1247958
2018 SODIUM CHLORATE 44 470862 613 47581
2018 IMIDACLOPRID 45 466269 60754 1467169
2018 CHLORINE 46 457774 0 323
2018 ALPHA-UNDECYL-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 47 445576 76183 2550869
2018 ETHEPHON 48 433459 10366 495261
2018 COPPER OXYCHLORIDE 49 427763 12807 359134
2018 CAPTAN 50 413622 6005 218301
2018 COPPER OXIDE (OUS) 51 400539 7665 157264
2018 UREA DIHYDROGEN SULFATE 52 378206 10900 564181
2018 HYDROTREATED PARAFFINIC SOLVENT 53 363825 14439 599730
2018 MALATHION 54 360906 10304 216638
2018 TRIFLURALIN 55 352310 7251 339373
2018 POTASSIUM BICARBONATE 56 349173 7231 124850
2018 HYDROGEN PEROXIDE 57 345059 6539 103587
2018 CRYOLITE 58 338066 1495 44627
2018 S-METOLACHLOR 59 335599 4427 221221
2018 NALED 60 330719 4904 190102
2018 BIFENTHRIN 61 330518 32586 1705194
2018 SODIUM CARBONATE PEROXYHYDRATE 62 329252 187 12824
2018 2,4-D, DIMETHYLAMINE SALT 63 326899 8556 290467
2018 BENSULIDE 64 311544 8855 85689
2018 BUPROFEZIN 65 297983 7111 300031
2018 ORYZALIN 66 297679 4584 92190
2018 SULFUR DIOXIDE 67 277821 23 546
2018 BACILLUS AMYLOLIQUEFACIENS STRAIN D747 68 272675 5215 68085
2018 ALPHA-ALKYL (C9-C11)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE)* 69 269983 77447 2226656
2018 PHOSPHORIC ACID 70 264882 64503 2210806
2018 BIFENAZATE 71 262543 11731 428178
2018 DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE* 72 254731 143700 5581795
2018 CORN STEEP LIQUOR* 73 253022 1508 53890
2018 OLEIC ACID, ETHYL ESTER* 74 249648 27327 630381
2018 DISODIUM OCTABORATE TETRAHYDRATE 75 248410 43 4355
2018 AZOXYSTROBIN 76 246479 33434 1318694
2018 ALPHA-(PARA-NONYLPHENYL)-OMEGA-HYDROXYPOLY(OXYETHYLENE), PHOSPHATE ESTER* 77 232443 39927 1472015
2018 DIETHYLENE GLYCOL* 78 230690 31211 1632077
2018 PROPARGITE 79 226091 2059 97880
2018 METHOMYL 80 224535 18106 375018
2018 EPTC 81 218451 1593 91178
2018 BURKHOLDERIA SP STRAIN A396 CELLS AND FERMENTATION MEDIA 82 216044 3550 35064
2018 PROPYLENE OXIDE 83 213681 0 None
2018 PETROLEUM DISTILLATES, AROMATIC 84 203100 6663 234373
2018 CAPRYLIC ACID 85 198131 1834 32921
2018 CHLORANTRANILIPROLE 86 195286 51223 2203118
2018 EMULSIFIABLE METHYLATED VEGETABLE OIL* 87 192737 23188 364141
2018 METHYLATED FATTY ACIDS FROM CANOLA OIL* 88 192306 3328 123495
2018 ALPHA-PINENE BETA-PINENE COPOLYMER* 89 191177 23151 600635
2018 PROPIONIC ACID 90 190707 37018 1300375
2018 DIURON 91 188274 6073 352394
2018 CHLORTHAL-DIMETHYL 92 184414 5881 44254
2018 DIATOMACEOUS EARTH 93 181395 423 9710
2018 4-NONYLPHENOL, FORMALDEHYDE RESIN, PROPOXYLATED* 94 177908 47094 1574059
2018 POTASH SOAP 95 177243 6980 32745
2018 CYPRODINIL 96 176936 21617 676628
2018 CALCIUM HYPOCHLORITE 97 176871 1999 681
2018 MODIFIED PHTHALIC GLYCEROL ALKYD RESIN* 98 176767 17384 633532
2018 FOSETYL-AL 99 176486 8648 61423
2018 THIOPHANATE-METHYL 100 175723 12175 201666