1979 Pesticide Use on Vegetables in the Southwest, A Preliminary Report

Walter L. Ferguson and Iris E. McCalla

No 333795, Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: According to U.S. Department of Agriculture's 1979 Vegetable Pesticide Survey, about 1.7 million pounds of pesticides were used to control weeds, insects, diseases, and nematodes on 10 vegetable crops in Arizona, Colorado, and Texas. The 10 vegetable crops included cabbage, cantaloups, carrots, cucumbers, lettuce, onions, snap beans, sweet corn, tomatoes, and watermelons. Nearly 1.1 million acre-treatments were made ranging from about 284,000 for onions to 4,000 for cucumbers and snap beans.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Farm Management; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 56
Date: 1981-12
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/333795/files/AGES811221.pdf (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uerssr:333795

DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.333795

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Staff Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by AgEcon Search ().