1) World Resources Institute. 1992. The 1992 Information Please
Environmental Almanac. Houghton Mifflin Company. Boston, MA.
pp36-37 contain tables titled "Farm Pesticide Use in the United
States 1964-1990" and "Types of Pesticide, Volume of Use in the
United States, and Major Crop Uses".
The sources for these tables are cited as USDA and a National
Research Council report (1987) titled "Regulating Pesticides in
Food".
2) National Research Council. 1989. Alternative Agriculture.
National Academy Press. Washington, DC.
pp45-46 (but also elsewhere) have graphics related to herbicide,
insecticide and fungicide uses. The sources for these figures are
from reports available from the Economic Research Service, entitled:
Agricultural Resources-Inputs-Situation and Outlook. The ERS order
desk can help locate these materials if not available in library:
1-800-999-6779.
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These do not reflect the results of an in-depth search--but are
simply 2 sources I saw recently and thought might be useful as
starting points. I believe the Environmental Almanac has more recent
editions.
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