Appendix II. Quantities of specific pesticide active ingredients used on field crops in Ontario, 2008

Results of a 2008 survey of pesticide use on field crops, fruit and vegetable crops, as well as selected other agricultural crops (nursery, sod and ginseng).

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Herbicides

Field Corn

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	1,555
2,4-D ester	564
amitrole	525
atrazine	448,071
bentazon	2,971
bromoxynil	3,477
dicamba	74,869
diflufenzopyr	3,618
dimethenamid	51,658
flufenacet	748
foramsulfuron	1,474
glufosinate ammonium	13,561
glyphosate	527,952
isoxaflutole	8,082
linuron	977
mesotrione	23,490
nicosulfuron	674
pendimethalin	42,400
rimsulfuron	622
s-metolachlor	356,748
other	325
Total	1,564,362

Soybeans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	1,002
aciflurofen	763
bentazon	30,680
chlorimuron ethyl	414
cloransulam-methyl	232
dimethenamid	9,086
fluazifop-p-butyl	455
flufenacet	1,181
flumetsulam	1,364
fomesafen	2,283
glyphosate	1,253,773
imazethapyr	8,470
linuron	1,169
metribuzin	42,194
pendimethalin	3,501
quizalofop-p-ethyl	1,325
sethoxydim	407
s-metolachlor	82,760
trifluralin	4,267
other	619
Total	1,445,945

Canola

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines (post-harvest)	1,838
clopyralid	943
diquat	1,110
glufosinate ammonium	1,480
glyphosate	11,087
sethoxydim	1,071
other	191
Total	17,719

Tobacco

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
napropamide	1,212
Total	1,212

Wheat

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	30,911
2,4-D ester	29,460
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	3,189
amitrole	1,121
bromoxynil	62,272
dicamba	1,625
dichlorprop	29,265
fenoxaprop-p-ethyl	274
glyphosate	155,428
MCPA/MCPB	80,474
mecoprop-p	1,066
pyrasulfotole	234
tralkoxydim	255
other	328
Total	395,901

Oats

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	2,818
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	3,147
bromoxynil	543
dicamba	901
glyphosate	9,206
MCPA/MCPB	4,688
mecoprop-p	861
other	12
Total	22,175

Barley

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	4,024
2,4-D ester	370
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	10,910
bromoxynil	7,450
dichlorprop	394
glyphosate	6,588
MCPA/MCPB	13,885
tralkoxydim	419
other	183
Total	44,223

Mixed Grains

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	2,687
2,4-D ester	560
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	8,899
bromoxynil	1,065
glyphosate	6,167
MCPA/MCPB	6,316
other	28
Total	25,722

Rye

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	4,706
bromoxynil	926
glyphosate	3,185
MCPA/MCPB	870
other	12
Total	9,699

White Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
bentazon	4,204
dimethenamid	2,301
fomesafen	1,966
glufosinate ammonium	317
glyphosate	18,054
imazethapyr	763
pendimethalin	2,020
s-metolachlor	6,119
trifluralin	4,764
other	440
Total	40,949

Other Dry Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
bentazon	3,222
dimethenamid	9,874
diquat	1,069
fomesafen	866
glyphosate	18,661
imazethapyr	937
metribuzin	345
pendimethalin	5,690
s-metolachlor	642
trifluralin	5,714
other	139
Total	47,159

Hay

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-D amines	933
2,4-D ester	1,999
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	3,934
glyphosate	27,011
other	265
Total	34,143

Pasture

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
2,4-DB (butyl ester)	356
dicamba	823
glyphosate	2,717
other	214
Total	4,110

Sugar Beets

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
desmedipham	309
ethofumesate	1,069
glyphosate	1,386
phenmedipham	309
other	41
Total	3,116

Other Field Crops

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
atrazine	720
fluazifop-p-butyl	281
glyphosate	1,991
other	19
Total	3,011

Total

A total of 3,659,447 kilograms of herbicides were used on Ontario field crops.

Insecticides

Wheat

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
carbaryl	853
cyhalothrin-lambda	604
methomyl	1,426
other	174
Total	3,057

Rye

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
carbaryl	3,315
other	38
Total	3,353

Field Corn

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
carbaryl	665
tefluthrin	462
other	24
Total	1,151

Canola

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
carbaryl	210
other	15
Total	225

White Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
dimethoate	1,210
Total	1,210

Other Dry Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
dimethoate	287
Total	287

Tobacco

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
acephate	1,645
other	36
Total	1,681

Other

5 kilograms of insecticides were used on other field crops.

Total

A total of 10,969 kilograms of insecticides were used on Ontario field crops.

Fungicides

Wheat

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
azoxystrobin	540
propiconazole	6,781
prothioconazole	2,367
pyraclostrobin	2,584
tebuconazole	13,329
trifloxystrobin	1,969
Total	27,569

Barley

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
propiconazole	495
other	184
Total	680

Soybeans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
pyraclostrobin	320
other	66
Total	386

Field Corn

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
pyraclostrobin	479
other	29
Total	508

Canola

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
boscalid	245
prothioconazole	438
Total	682

White Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
boscalid	1,354
pyraclostrobin	259
Total	1,613

Other Dry Beans

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
boscalid	3,949
pyraclostrobin	659
vinclozolin	449
Total	5,057

Sugar Beets

Agent	Quantity (kg)
propiconazole	281
pyraclostrobin	386
thiophanate-methyl	786
Total	1,452

Other

219 kilograms of fungicides were used on other field crops.

Total

A total of 38,166 kilograms of fungicides were used on Ontario field crops.

Nematocides

Tobacco

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
1,3 dichloropropene	158,791
chloropicrin	32,426
metam-sodium	15,265
Total	206,483

Total

A total of 206,483 kilograms of nematocides were used on Ontario field crops.

Growth Regulators

Wheat

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
ethephon	401
Total	401

Tobacco

Active Ingredient	Quantity (kg)
fatty alcohol - N-decanol	19,809
Total	19,809

Total

A total of 20,211 kilograms of growth regulators were used on Ontario field crops.

Grand Total

A total of 3,935,275 kilograms of pesticides were used on Ontario field crops.

Updated: September 20, 2022

Published: September 20, 2022