Agricultural Chemical Usage, Vegetables Summary 2006

摘要

This publication is the ninth Vegetable Summary in the series of Agricultural Chemical Usage reports issued by the United States Department of Agricultures National Agricultural Statistics Service (USDA-NASS). This report contains statistics for on-farm use of commercial fertilizers, agricultural chemicals, and integrated pest management practices from producers of targeted vegetable crops. Chemical application rates listed by active ingredient are also featured in this publication. The agricultural chemical use estimates in this report focus on the acreage treated with herbicides, insecticides, fungicides, and other pesticides for selected vegetable crops. Other publications that have statistics for on-farm agricultural chemical usage have focused on agricultural chemical usage for field crops (May 2007) and chemical usage on dairy cattle and dairy cattle facilities (May 2007). Chemical use information for fruit is collected in odd numbered years, while vegetable information is collected in even numbered years. This report includes chemical usage information for 23 targeted vegetable crops in 19 States. The States surveyed were: Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Washington, and Wisconsin. The targeted crops were: asparagus, snap beans, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, cauliflower, celery, sweet corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, honeydews, lettuce, onions, green peas, bell peppers, pumpkins, spinach, squash, strawberries, tomatoes, and watermelons. Graphs containing the 5 most commonly applied active ingredients for snap beans, cabbage, sweet corn, cucumbers, onions, green peas, bell peppers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, and watermelons have been included in this publication. Each of these commodities has at least 5 States in the survey program.