This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report "Pesticide Use in U.S. Agriculture: 
21 Selected Crops, 1960-2008, EIB-124, published in May 2014. The content and context of these files is as of the publication date of the report. 
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The following inventory lists each of the files in this folder.


File name			Description
  
(Summary chart.png)		Summary chart - Pesticide use by crop, 21 selected crops, 2008, percent total pounds of active ingredient applied   
(Box figure 2.1.png)		Box figure 2.1 - Pesticide expenditures in U.S. agriculture, 1960-2008
(Box figure 3.1.png)		Box figure 3.1 - Relative prices, 1965 - 2008: pesticides to wages, fuels, and crops
(Box figure 3.2.png)		Box figure 3.2 - Price indices, 1965 - 2008: crops, wages, fuels, and pesticides
(Box figure 3.3.png)		Box figure 3.3 - Agricultural input price indices, 1990-2008
(Box figure 4.1.png)		Box figure 4.1 - Average quality characteristics of pesticides applied to four major crops, 1968-2008
(Fig-01.png)			Figure 1 - Pesticide use in U.S. agriculture, 21 selected crops, 1960-2008
(Fig-02.png)			Figure 2 - Pesticide use in U.S. agriculture*Comparing EPA estimates  for total agriculture to ERS estimates for 21 crops and to planted acreage, 1960-2008
(Fig-03.png)			Figure 3 - Corn: acres treated with pesticides, 1952-2008
(Fig-04.png)			Figure 4 - Cotton: acres treated with pesticides, 1952-2008
(Fig-05.png)			Figure 5 - Soybeans: acres treated with pesticides, 1966-2006
(Fig-06.png)			Figure 6 - Wheat: acres treated with pesticides, 1952-2008
(Fig-07.png)			Figure 7 - Potatoes: acres treated with pesticides, 1952-2008
(Fig-08.png)			Figure 8 - Pesticide use by crop, 21 selected crops, 2008, percent total pounds of active ingredient applied
(Fig-09.png)			Figure 9 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 1968, percent total pounds of a.i. applied
(Fig-10.png)			Figure 10 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 2008,  percent total pounds of a.i. applied1
(Fig-11.png)			Figure 11 - Herbicide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 1968, percent total pounds a.i. applied1
(Fig-12.png)			Figure 12 - Herbicide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 2008, percent total a.i. applied1
(Fig-13.png)			Figure 13 - Pounds of herbicide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre and percent acres of herbicide- tolerant corn, 1996-2008
(Fig-14.png)			Figure 14 - Pounds of herbicide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre and percent acres of herbicide- tolerant soybeans, 1996-2008
(Fig-15.png)			Figure 15 - Pounds of herbicide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre and percent acres of herbicide tolerant cotton, 1996-2008
(Fig-16.png)			Figure 16 - Insecticide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 1968, percent total pounds a.i. applied1
(Fig-17.png)			Figure 17 - Insecticide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 2008, percent total pounds a.i. applied1
(Fig-18.png)			Figure 18 - Pounds of insecticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre and percent acres of Bt corn, 1996-2008
(Fig-19.png)			Figure 19 - Pounds of insecticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre and percent acres of Bt cotton, 1996-2008
(Fig-20.png)			Figure 20 - Fungicide use by active ingredient (a.i.), 21 selected crops in 2008, percent total pounds a.i. applied1
(Fig-21.png)			Figure 21 - Quality adjusted pesticide prices applied to 4 major crops, 1968-2008
(Fig-22.png)			Figure 22 - Quality adjusted pesticide quantities applied to 4 major crops, 1968-2008
(AppFig3.1.png)			Appendix figure 3.1 - Supply and demand curves for pesticide(x) when applied to crop(y) for pest(z)
(AppFig4.1.png)			Appendix figure 4.1 - Pounds of pesticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre, corn, 1960-2008
(AppFig4.2.png)			Appendix figure 4.2 - Pounds of pesticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre, soybeans, 1960-2008
(AppFig4.3.png)			Appendix figure 4.3 - Pounds of pesticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre, cotton, 1960-2008
(AppFig4.4.png)			Appendix figure 4.4 - Pounds of pesticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre, potatoes, 1960-2008
(AppFig4.5.png)			Appendix figure 4.5 - Pounds of pesticide active ingredient (a.i.) per planted acre, wheat, 1960-2008
(AppFig4.6.png)			Appendix figure 4.6 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on corn in 1968, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
(AppFig4.7.png)			Appendix figure 4.7 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on corn in 2008, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
(AppFig4.8.png)			Appendix figure 4.8 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on soybeans in 1968, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
(AppFig4.9.png)			Appendix figure 4.9 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on soybeans in 2008, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
(AppFig4.10.png)		Appendix figure 4.10 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on cotton in 1968, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
(AppFig4.11.png)		Appendix figure 4.11 - Pesticide use by active ingredient (a.i.) on cotton in 2008, percent of total pounds a.i. applied1
