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The USDA has shifted the survey of pest manage-
ment practices to the Agricultural Chemical Use
Program. The new categories of research were
added, including specific use of fertilizers and pesti-
cides, as well as other valuable data.
The pest management practices portion of the 2010
corn crop survey offered even more details, expand-
ing to 97 specific action items in each table repre-
senting percent of acres and percent of farms.
Below is a summary and highlights of the
2010 corn crop:
The 2010 corn crop data represents 4,893 individual
responses from producers in 25 program states: Ar-
kansas, Colorado, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana,
Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine, Michigan, Min-
nesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New York,
North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,
South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and
Wisconsin. These states accounted for 93 percent of
corn acres planted nationwide in the 2010 crop year.
Pesticides
Herbicide active ingredients were applied to 98 per-
cent of acres planted to corn, and almost two-thirds
of all active ingredients used on corn were herbi-
cides. Glyphosate isopropylamine salt was the most
widely used pesticide overall and the active ingredi-
ent used in the greatest total amount.
Fungicide was applied to 8 percent of corn acres,
and insecticide active ingredients were applied to 12
percent of corn acres.
Pest management practices
Scouting for weeds was the top pest management
practice on corn acreage.
Top pest management practices by percent of corn
acres planted:
• Prevention: No-till or minimum till -- 62 per-
cent
• Avoidance: Rotated crops during past three
years
-- 71 percent
• Monitoring: Scouted for weeds -- 88 percent
• Suppression: Maintained ground covers, mulch-
es or other physical barriers -- 34 percent
Top pesticides by percent of acres treated:
• Glyphosate isopropylamine salt -- 66 percent
• Atrazine -- 61 percent
• Acetochlor -- 25 percent
Below is a summary and highlights of the
2012 soybean crop:
Pest management practices by percent of soybean
acres planted:
• Scouting for weeds was the most widely report-
ed monitoring practice -- 94 percent.
• Crop rotation was practiced as the top avoidance
practice -- 84 percent.
• No-tillage or minimum tillage represented the
most widely used pest prevention practice -- 67
percent.
• Maintaining ground covers, mulches or other
physical barriers was the most reported suppres-
sion practice -- 35 percent.
