Statistics Norway

Pesticide use in agriculture

1   Holdings with spraying on area of different crops and area sprayed. 2005
  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 4 629 2 717 59  136 619  132 540 97
Onion  173  143 83 6 719 6 602 98
Cabbage  400  375 94 4 971 4 790 96
Carrot  598  571 95 12 418 12 181 98
Strawberry  762  556 73 17 324 16 022 93
Apple  936  614 66 14 742 12 556 85
Meadows for mowing and pastures 38 352 11 482 30 6 314 343  368 221 6
Barley 12 205 11 626 95 1 614 446 1 516 555 94
Oats 7 340 6 759 92  729 941  655 312 90
Spring wheat 4 325 4 199 97  529 090  517 179 98
Winter wheat 2 431 2 343 96  271 905  265 687 98
Oil-seeds  880  712 81 66 777 53 909 81

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