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

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The top 100 sites by pounds of active ingredients statewide in 2018 (all pesticides 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. (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 Number
Apps
Acres
2018 ALMOND 1 39207142 438618 25309756
2018 GRAPE, WINE 2 30178688 430944 11051911
2018 GRAPE 3 14965817 167054 6530801
2018 TOMATO, PROCESSING 4 12029198 36672 2909818
2018 ORANGE 5 11140803 125811 2787627
2018 STRAWBERRY 6 9632790 72046 2340970
2018 WALNUT 7 7398507 152826 5126851
2018 PISTACHIO 8 5820948 77977 6061791
2018 CARROT 9 5594387 11362 519911
2018 RICE 10 4596564 40656 2910030
2018 RIGHTS OF WAY 11 4053693 4225 93680
2018 SOIL FUMIGATION/PREPLANT 12 3787967 5182 227204
2018 TANGERINE 13 3519138 50993 1512809
2018 LEMON 14 3485001 34836 713502
2018 COTTON 15 3463715 75886 7258611
2018 STRUCTURAL PEST CONTROL 16 3452219 14 5
2018 PEACH 17 3148953 74915 1157342
2018 ALFALFA 18 2698394 91751 5166042
2018 PEPPER, FRUITING 19 1681433 14510 411062
2018 SWEET POTATO 20 1634993 1085 32120
2018 WATER (INDUSTRIAL) 21 1566900 7 2785
2018 LANDSCAPE MAINTENANCE 22 1537444 1077 6949
2018 UNCULTIVATED AG 23 1490795 34690 1302937
2018 LUMBER, TREATED 24 1475459 0 None
2018 CHERRY 25 1330231 36507 706629
2018 NECTARINE 26 1328076 41349 501547
2018 POTATO 27 1303934 5937 334604
2018 PEAR 28 1284589 9130 270601
2018 ONION, DRY 29 1265204 16991 909411
2018 LETTUCE, LEAF 30 1229482 216138 2195651
2018 TOMATO 31 1115984 15391 546546
2018 CORN (FORAGE - FODDER) 32 963203 32100 1641249
2018 WATER AREA 33 922992 619 199261
2018 LETTUCE, HEAD 34 886815 126973 1645318
2018 PRUNE 35 880806 11396 400889
2018 N-OUTDR PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 36 819955 79880 323307
2018 PLUM 37 790053 27375 297040
2018 SUGARBEET 38 784371 5262 369775
2018 DITCH BANK 39 779328 593 5817
2018 PUBLIC HEALTH 40 707570 0 None
2018 OLIVE 41 704194 7051 192282
2018 BERMUDAGRASS 42 626141 2295 148596
2018 FUMIGATION, OTHER 43 614886 22 None
2018 AVOCADO 44 574631 14746 182426
2018 N-OUTDR TRANSPLANTS 45 554032 19000 101708
2018 POMEGRANATE 46 525577 2967 251162
2018 BROCCOLI 47 496608 72761 884677
2018 ANIMAL PREMISE 48 490309 338 2492
2018 BRUSSELS SPROUT 49 489037 26998 349213
2018 RASPBERRY 50 477907 10791 122233
2018 FOREST, TIMBERLAND 51 446485 8141 259691
2018 INDUSTRIAL PROCESSING WATER 52 420990 0 25
2018 APPLE 53 398585 8168 125735
2018 WATERMELON 54 397241 4891 213408
2018 COMMODITY FUMIGATION 55 392558 116 316
2018 GRAPEFRUIT 56 338873 5721 100117
2018 N-OUTDR FLOWER 57 300081 33411 158737
2018 BLUEBERRY 58 293595 4394 119388
2018 CELERY 59 290971 61181 614395
2018 SPINACH 60 271662 63473 570251
2018 TANGELO 61 256912 4299 77683
2018 SAFFLOWER 62 252517 2157 494464
2018 CORN, HUMAN CONSUMPTION 63 250872 19501 751708
2018 MELON 64 250400 3464 183593
2018 BLACKBERRY 65 229728 7319 55765
2018 CANTALOUPE 66 213000 4230 307443
2018 WHEAT 67 203621 8818 556461
2018 CABBAGE 68 185809 29887 256331
2018 SUNFLOWER 69 179759 3260 204345
2018 WHEAT (FORAGE - FODDER) 70 175044 13326 747837
2018 CAULIFLOWER 71 170761 33002 327466
2018 GARLIC 72 160150 3967 315069
2018 APRICOT 73 138973 5885 81826
2018 KALE 74 138881 24181 122101
2018 CITRUS 75 105036 1788 11948
2018 KIWI 76 103166 2941 40416
2018 WATER WASHER/COOLER/CONDENSER SYSTEMS 77 102926 0 341
2018 N-GRNHS PLANTS IN CONTAINERS 78 99597 59521 69844
2018 PEAS 79 98668 9967 96375
2018 BEAN, DRIED 80 96021 4422 203351
2018 CHINESE CABBAGE (NAPPA) 81 85919 11287 50675
2018 CILANTRO 82 84617 10373 45790
2018 EGGPLANT 83 79549 1207 11359
2018 PARSLEY 84 74821 7971 40326
2018 SWISS CHARD 85 69095 12982 36354
2018 REGULATORY PEST CONTROL 86 66269 18 78
2018 ARTICHOKE, GLOBE 87 64050 10123 129271
2018 FOOD PROCRESSING PLANT 88 63766 0 493
2018 BOK CHOY 89 63736 12828 43002
2018 RICE, WILD 90 61545 441 20015
2018 PEPPER, SPICE 91 60755 173 4804
2018 COLLARD 92 58086 6823 23112
2018 INDUSTRIAL SITE 93 57543 21 1362
2018 PUMPKIN 94 55782 1888 49781
2018 SQUASH 95 54890 2596 31496
2018 UNCULTIVATED NON-AG 96 54578 1843 52672
2018 OAT (FORAGE - FODDER) 97 52734 4290 198452
2018 FIG 98 52656 860 43486
2018 FORAGE HAY/SILAGE 99 51996 1833 98027
2018 BASIL, SWEET 100 50261 3329 14226