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Pesticide Use in Sutter in 2009, Sacramento Valley Region

Note: See Working with the Information on this Page section below for important notes about this data.
County Information
 Basic Information about this county including contact information for the California County Agricultural Commissioner in this county.
Top Pesticides
 Top 50 pesticides used in this county or region in 2009, with information on the identity, use type and toxicity of each pesticide, as well as gross pounds used, application rate, acres planted, and number of applications.
Top Crops/Sites
 Top crops and sites for chemical use in this county or region in 2009, with information on gross pounds used, application rate, acres planted, and number of applications.

Basic County Information for Sutter

Agricultural Commissioner Contact Information
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Sutter
Mark P. Quisenberry
142 Garden Highway
Yuba City, CA 95991-5512
Phone:530-822-7500
Fax: 530-822-7510
Email: sutterag@co.sutter.ca.us
Web: http://www.co.sutter.ca.us/index.aspx?doc=/depts/ag/ag.xml

For more detailed county agricultural contact information, see the CDFA County Ag Liaison Office.

Top 50 Pesticides Used on All Sites in Sutter in 2009


Totals for 2003 and later may be under-reported due to omission of adjuvants in DPR's data since that time.
Chemical Name
(CA Chem Code)
 Chemical Class PAN Bad Actor Gross
Pounds		 Application Rate
Pounds per acre treated
 Acres Planted
where all or part
has been sprayed
 Acres Treated
All Chemicals (00)
 Not Listed 2,600,090 1.52 226,022 1,633,340
Uses:
Propanil (503)
 Anilide Not Listed 447,405 5.15 83,943 86,937
Uses: Herbicide
Sulfur (560)
 Inorganic Not Listed 309,383 14.3 16,443 21,587
Uses: Fungicide, Insecticide
Mineral oil (401, 2687, 473)
 Petroleum derivative Yes 246,269 15.8 15,212 14,958
Note! Data for Mineral oil summarizes data from 2 or more chem codes and may not agree with DPR summaries which total data for each chem code.
Uses: Insecticide, Adjuvant
Petroleum oil, unclassified (765)
 Petroleum derivative Not Listed 212,019 18.8 11,273 11,262
Uses: Insecticide, Herbicide, Fungicide, Adjuvant
Copper sulfate (pentahydrate) (161)
 Inorganic-Copper Not Listed 182,369 14.2 13,754 12,808
Uses: Algaecide, Fungicide, Insecticide, Water Treatment, Molluscicide
1,3-Dichloropropene (573)
 Halogenated organic Yes 113,148 322.2 1,893 351.2
Uses: Fumigant, Nematicide
Methyl bromide (385)
 Halogenated organic Yes 102,270 131.4 1,526 714.9
Uses: Fumigant, Insecticide, Herbicide, Nematicide
Kaolin (2629)
 Inorganic Not Listed 83,831 36.3 3,187 2,311
Uses: Insecticide, Adjuvant, Fungicide, Microbiocide
Copper sulfate (basic) (162)
 Inorganic-Copper Not Listed 83,172 16.2 5,064 5,131
Uses: Fungicide, Algaecide, Molluscicide
Glyphosate, isopropylamine salt (1855)
 Phosphonoglycine Not Listed 82,222 1.05 50,310 54,129
Uses: Herbicide
Ziram (629)
 Dithiocarbamate, Inorganic-Zinc Yes 50,270 5.69 8,684 8,840
Uses: Fungicide, Microbiocide, Dog and Cat Repellent
MCIAL code 401 (2045)
 Petroleum derivative Not Listed 43,397 1.38 30,564 31,025
Uses: Insecticide, Adjuvant
Petroleum distillates (1730, 763, 2768)
 Petroleum derivative Not Listed 37,804 1.74 21,314 21,777
Note! Data for Petroleum distillates summarizes data from 2 or more chem codes and may not agree with DPR summaries which total data for each chem code.
Uses: Insecticide, Adjuvant, Solvent
Thiobencarb (1933)
 Thiocarbamate Yes 34,157 3.71 9,439 9,200
Uses: Herbicide
Copper hydroxide (151)
 Inorganic-Copper Not Listed 31,226 2.78 10,942 11,231
Uses: Fungicide, Microbiocide, Nematicide
Nonyl phenoxy poly (ethylene oxy) ethanol (1743, 1397, 3999, 5755)
 Polyalkyloxy Compound Not Listed 29,992 0.26 96,473 109,296
Note! Data for Nonyl phenoxy poly (ethylene oxy) ethanol summarizes data from 2 or more chem codes and may not agree with DPR summaries which total data for each chem code.
Uses: Adjuvant, Plant Growth Regulator, Adjuvant, Soap/Surfactant
Chlorpyrifos (253)
 Organophosphorus Yes 24,617 1.86 12,763 12,986
Uses: Insecticide, Nematicide
Sulfuryl fluoride (618)
 Inorganic Yes 23,273 - - -
Uses: Fumigant
Chloropicrin (136)
 Inorganic Yes 23,132 36.0 994.5 641.8
Uses: Fumigant, Nematicide
Ammonium sulfate (1363)
 Inorganic Not Listed 19,041 0.40 49,288 47,669
Uses: Herbicide, pH Adjustment
Triclopyr, triethylamine salt (2131)
 Chloropyridinyl Not Listed 16,405 0.22 71,738 69,975
Uses: Herbicide
Copper oxide (ous) (175)
 Inorganic-Copper Not Listed 15,697 5.26 3,196 2,985
Uses: Fungicide, Insecticide
Pendimethalin (1929)
 2,6-Dinitroaniline Not Listed 14,968 1.83 11,533 8,166
Uses: Herbicide
Hydrotreated paraffinic solvent (2601)
 Petroleum derivative Not Listed 14,428 1.36 11,007 10,389
Uses: Solvent
Methyl soyate (3519)
 Fatty acid ester Not Listed 13,383 0.64 22,777 20,946
Uses: Adjuvant
Diazinon (198)
 Organophosphorus Yes 11,841 2.00 7,577 5,913
Uses: Insecticide
Oxyfluorfen (1973)
 Diphenyl ether Not Listed 11,293 0.31 31,789 29,537
Uses: Herbicide
2,4-D, dimethylamine salt (806)
 Chlorophenoxy acid or ester Yes 11,135 0.61 14,194 12,896
Uses: Herbicide
Captan (104)
 Thiophthalimide Yes 10,983 2.54 5,330 4,312
Uses: Fungicide
Maneb (369)
 Dithiocarbamate Yes 10,721 1.42 7,353 7,569
Uses: Fungicide
Propargite (445)
 Unclassified Yes 10,332 1.65 7,296 6,261
Uses: Insecticide
Oryzalin (1868)
 2,6-Dinitroaniline Yes 10,302 1.97 9,043 4,940
Uses: Herbicide
Glyphosate, potassium salt (5820)
 Phosphonoglycine Not Listed 10,280 1.23 9,092 7,678
Uses: Herbicide
Sodium chlorate (536)
 Inorganic Not Listed 9,795 5.82 2,307 1,683
Uses: Defoliant, Herbicide, Microbiocide
Polyoxyethylene sorbitol, mixed ethyl ester (1178)
 Polyalkyloxy Compound Not Listed 9,305 0.33 21,152 21,702
Uses: Adjuvant
Alkyl (C8,C10) polyglycoside (4015)
 Polyalkyloxy Compound Not Listed 8,752 0.28 32,318 31,519
Uses: Adjuvant
Chlorothalonil (677)
 Substituted Benzene Yes 8,697 1.79 4,956 4,854
Uses: Fungicide
Oleic acid, methyl ester (2266)
 Fatty acid ester Not Listed 8,439 0.57 14,448 14,774
Uses: Adjuvant
p-nonylphenyl polyoxyethylene (4-14 moles)dihydrogen phosphate ester (5016)
 Polyalkyloxy Compound Not Listed 8,189 0.98 8,454 8,328
Uses: Adjuvant, Soap/Surfactant
Sodium hypochlorite (539)
 Inorganic Yes 7,859 0.07 113.0 113.0
Uses: Microbiocide, Water Treatment, Nematicide
Azoxystrobin (4037)
 Strobin Not Listed 7,286 0.17 43,140 42,389
Uses: Fungicide
Naled (418)
 Organophosphorus Yes 6,691 1.01 1,270 1,146
Uses: Insecticide
Clomazone (3537)
 Unclassified Not Listed 6,598 0.44 15,244 14,943
Uses: Herbicide
Paraquat dichloride (1601)
 Bipyridylium Yes 6,592 0.83 11,780 7,954
Uses: Herbicide
Lime-sulfur (358)
 Inorganic Not Listed 6,167 32.5 200.0 190.0
Uses: Insecticide, Fungicide
Metam potassium (970)
 Dithiocarbamate Yes 5,943 264.1 133.5 22.5
Uses: Fumigant, Fungicide, Microbiocide, Algaecide, Nematicide
MCPA, dimethylamine salt (786)
 Chlorophenoxy acid or ester Yes 5,608 0.70 8,248 7,937
Uses: Herbicide
Trifluralin (597)
 2,6-Dinitroaniline Not Listed 5,064 0.67 7,922 7,456
Uses: Herbicide
Bacillus thuringiensis, subsp. Israelensis, strain AM 65-52 (5841)
 Microbial Not Listed 4,995 - - -
Uses: Insecticide

Top 50 Crops and Sites for for All Chemicals use in Sutter in 2009
Crop or Site
(Commodity Code)
 Gross
Pounds		 Application Rate
pounds per acre treated
 Acres Planted
where all or part
has been sprayed
 Acres Treated Application
Count
All Sites (00)
2,600,090 1.52 226,022 1,633,340 25,437
Rice (28072)
881,880 1.19 106,338 740,267 5,703
Peaches (5004)
566,554 4.93 9,597 114,903 3,810
Prunes (5006)
404,446 3.42 19,276 117,792 2,279
Walnuts (3009)
203,777 1.30 20,877 156,422 4,588
Tomatoes for Processing (29136)
108,399 0.84 8,477 129,341 881
Outdoor Propagation Nursery (156)
91,656 11.0 391.5 8,298 378
Almonds (3001)
82,441 1.13 6,170 72,980 756
Right of Way (40)
52,016 0.63 300.0 1,658 870
Commodity Fumigation (90)
33,692 - - - 205
Wheat (29139)
22,436 0.66 10,780 33,786 363
Public Health Pest Control (50)
21,940 - - - 104
Dried Beans (15001)
18,238 0.34 5,418 53,208 457
Melons (29122)
17,964 1.04 2,409 17,208 157
Alfalfa for Forage (23001)
11,680 0.32 5,836 36,790 414
Uncultivated Agricultural Area (66000)
9,935 0.30 9,924 33,616 270
Corn for Forage (22005)
9,216 0.40 3,630 22,772 146
Sunflowers (29133)
9,041 0.33 4,588 27,328 179
Garbanzo Beans (15032)
7,586 0.36 3,457 21,176 174
Outdoor Container Nursery (154)
6,462 3.80 172.8 1,699 232
Pears (4003)
5,669 4.78 56.0 1,185 59
Structural Pest Control (10)
3,556 - - - 1,868
Wild Rice (24013)
3,243 2.91 654.9 1,114 29
Cotton (29121)
2,906 0.33 729.0 8,702 75
Landscape (30)
2,680 1.03 150.0 37.0 502
Olives (28014)
2,679 0.55 622.0 4,905 92
Other Fumigation (91)
2,495 - - - 9
Succulent Beans (15003)
2,141 0.53 443.5 4,036 65
Pomegranates (6015)
2,004 11.9 56.6 168.4 14
Strawberries (1016)
1,785 82.1 13.0 21.8 15
Pasture (28035)
1,492 1.31 496.7 1,135 11
Oats for Forage (22006)
1,226 0.47 550.5 2,604 38
Safflower (29129)
1,158 0.33 840.5 3,275 35
Onions (14011)
1,048 0.51 240.0 2,072 104
Wine Grapes (29143)
838.5 2.62 83.0 320.2 10
Sorghum (29131)
716.5 2.49 118.4 287.8 3
Squash (10012)
638.7 0.28 306.4 2,274 48
Uncultivated Non-Agricultural Area (67000)
474.3 0.85 509.0 559.0 45
Oats (29125)
466.0 0.42 456.0 1,122 21
Cucumbers (10010)
312.9 0.15 221.8 2,090 33
Watermelons (10008)
290.4 0.09 379.0 3,188 86
Beans (28001)
276.8 - - - 4
Plums (5005)
251.3 2.20 26.0 114.0 5
Nectarines (5003)
244.4 5.31 4.00 46.0 17
Tomatoes (11005)
210.4 0.20 304.8 1,059 57
Citrus (2000)
210.0 1.21 20.5 174.0 13
Apples (4001)
202.3 7.42 5.00 27.2 10
Cilanto (13501)
194.7 0.32 152.5 608.0 5
Carrots (29111)
192.0 0.13 190.0 1,508 33
Persimmons (6012)
170.4 0.82 69.1 207.8 23
 
Working with the Information on this Page

* Complete 2001 data for Kern county was never submitted by the Kern County Agricultural Commissioners office. This missing data includes approximately 32,000 records totaling roughly 10 million pounds. An omission of this scale will significantly impact statewide trends.

** The 2005 data for Ventura county is incomplete because not all of the data was available at the time of DPR's release. Missing data includes mostly applications made in November and December. An estimate based on reported use in Ventura County during November and December from 2002 to 2004 suggests that the 2005 total pounds is underreported by approximately 500,000 pounds. The active ingredients most affected are captan and petroleum oil. See the DPR's 2005 PUR report for additional details.

NOTE! See methodology and documentation for California Pesticide Use Reporting for important qualifications on these numbers.

Click on the commodities name links for special caveats on the data for each commodity. For more detailed use information, including data for other years, search our California Pesticide Use database. Original source for all pesticide use data is the California Pesticide Use Report (PUR) dataset, collected and managed by the California Department of Pesticide Regulation. Significant processing of the original dataset is required to generate the summary data presented here; see documentation for a full discussion of data handling.

NOTE! Comments on the accuracy of Acres Planted reflect PAN's analysis of acreage data from the California Agricultural Statistics Service (CASS) and Department of Pesticide Regulation Pesticide Use Reporting data. The method used to assess acreage accuracy is described in the documentation. Accuracy was evaluated for aggregate, statewide California acreage, but not for smaller regions (e.g., counties). See CASS acreage estimates for additional information.

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Definitions
  • Acres Planted is the planted acreage of the crop in the selected region where the selected chemical was applied. This figure may not be the total acreage of the selected crop. To obtain the total planted acreage for a crop or county, see the crop and county pages available from the Pesticide Use Search Page. See documentation for important distinctions between acres treated and acres planted.
  • Acres Treated is the acreage of the crop actually treated with the pesticide. Gross Pounds applied divided by Acres Treated is the application rate of the pesticide. The difference between Acres Planted and Acres Treated is best explained through an example:If a farmer has a 100-acre field and sprays 50 acres, then the Acres Planted will be 100 and the Acres Treated will be 50. If a farmer sprays 50 of their 100 acres three times, then the Acres Planted will remain at 100 acres, but now the value of Acres Treated will be 150. This figure may not be the total acreage of the selected crop. See documentation for further distinctions between acres treated and acres planted.
  • Application Count indicates the number of times this chemical was applied.
  • Application Rate indicates the total pounds applied to acreage divided by the total treated acres. Only pounds applied to acreage are used to calculate the application rate. This excludes pesticides used to fumigate stored commodities or other non-cropland applications. See documentation for important distinctions between acres treated and acres planted.
  • Chemical Class indicates the chemical classification of this chemical.
  • Chemical Code is the California Department of Pesticide Regulation code number assigned as an identifier for each chemical.
  • Chemical Uses indicates the major uses for this chemical, with the most common use listed first.
  • County Code is a code number that various California State agencies use to identify each California county. There are 58 total counties.
  • Field Count is the number of fields where this chemical was applied.
  • Gross Pounds indicates the total pounds used, including both pounds used on acreage and pounds used in other applications such as commodity fumigation.
  • PAN Bad Actor indicates whether this chemical belongs to the group of most toxic pesticides or not. See link for a full definition of this term.
 
Citation: Kegley, S.E., Hill, B.R., Orme S., Choi A.H., PAN Pesticide Database, Pesticide Action Network, North America (San Francisco, CA, 2010), http:www.pesticideinfo.org.
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