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In the same report, it added the "yield loss plus increased herbicide cost may result in an average estimated loss of $28 per acre" if atrazine were unavailable to corn farmers. [4] In 2006, the EPA concluded that the triazine herbicides posed "no harm that would result to the general U.S. population, infants, children or other... consumers." [5]
The annual cost of removing Chinese privet in the United States is estimated to be $737 per acre when a mulching machine and two-person herbicide application crew are employed. [9] The cost for foliar glyphosate applications on privet is approximately $130 per acre for chemical and surfactant treatments. [9]
A field after application of a herbicide Weeds controlled with herbicide. ... (per acre) of major crops by three to six times from 1900 to 2000. ... The low cost of 2 ...
Resistance increases pesticide costs. For southern cotton, herbicide costs climbed from between $50–$75 per hectare ($20–$30/acre) a few years ago to about $370 per hectare ($150/acre) in 2014. In the South, resistance contributed to the shift that reduced cotton planting by 70% in Arkansas and 60% in Tennessee.
[22] [23] In another study looking at combined data from 236 university corn field trials from 1986 to 2005, atrazine treatments showed an average increase of 5.7 US bushels per acre (0.50 m 3 /ha) (~400 kilograms per hectare (360 lb/acre)) than alternative herbicide treatments. [24]
The product is used at application rates of 0.008–0.0155 pounds per acre (9.0–17.4 g/ha). [16] The estimated use in US agriculture is mapped by the US Geological Service and shows that from 1992 to 2017, the latest date for which figures are available, up to 120,000 pounds (54,000 kg) were applied each year.