May 4, 2018

California pesticide data from 2016 available; sulfur tops list

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) recently released pesticide use data for 2016. Compared to 2015, pounds of active ingredients (AIs) decreased by 3 million (1.4 percent) while the area treated increased by 4.3 million (4.4 percent).

The AI with the highest total reported pounds was sulfur (48,664,569 pounds used). Almonds were No. 1 by pounds of active ingredients at 35,357,726 pounds on 21,764,838 acres, followed by winegrapes with 27,283,580 pounds on 10,436,498 acres.

2016 SUMMARY DATA (stats by crop, county, pounds, etc.)

 WINEGRAPE PESTICIDE USE