Statistics Norway

Pesticide use in agriculture

1   Holdings with spraying on area of different crops and area sprayed. 2003
  Holdings, total Of which with spraying Per cent of holdings with spraying Total area. Decares Of which with area sprayed Per cent of area sprayed
Potato 6 116 3 267 53  143 968  138 853 96
Onion  248  220 89 6 584 6 558  100
Carrot  650  604 93 11 999 11 362 95
Strawberry  896  631 70 17 724 16 192 91
Apple 1 046  736 70 16 203 14 156 87
Meadows for mowing and pastures 42 009 12 975 31 6 262 442  355 583 6
Barley 13 354 11 955 90 1 588 502 1 481 043 93
Oats 8 658 7 587 88  827 476  751 373 91
Spring wheat 4 182 4 076 97  435 772  429 008 98
Winter wheat 3 136 3 066 98  316 902  311 910 98
Oil-seeds 1 094  823 75 74 965 56 825 76

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