Pesticide Usage in Scotland: Grassland and Fodder Crops 2017

This publication presents information from a survey of pesticide use on grassland and fodder crops in Scotland during 2017.


Table 5: Grassland herbicide and growth regulator formulations – 2017

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides Direct sown grass Undersown grass Grass 1 to 4 years Grass over 5 years Rough grazing Total 2017 Total 2017 2013 (1) 2013 (1)
ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
2,4-D 0 0 0 0 183 <0.5 1,558 <0.5 379 <0.5 2,120 2,518 5,043 6,584
2,4-D/dicamba 0 0 0 0 0 0 917 <0.5 0 0 917 447 152 211
2,4-D/dicamba/triclopyr 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 <0.5 0 0 17 9 0 0
2,4-D/glyphosate 207 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 207 331 0 0
2,4-D/ MCPA 207 1 709 9 146 <0.5 1,527 <0.5 298 <0.5 2,888 5,307 2,154 4,754
2,4- DB 1,132 6 2,746 36 192 <0.5 507 <0.5 0 0 4,577 5,033 8,112 9,540
2,4- DB/ MCPA 113 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 190 257 385
Amidosulfuron 132 1 0 0 697 <0.5 220 <0.5 0 0 1,049 42 468 17
Aminopyralid/triclopyr 73 <0.5 0 0 424 <0.5 3,938 <0.5 0 0 4,436 2,185 652 343
Asulam 0 0 0 0 0 0 142 <0.5 5,886 <0.5 6,028 24,817 5,758 24,885
Clopyralid/florasulam/fluroxypyr 177 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 177 32 0 0
Clopyralid/fluroxypyr/triclopyr 0 0 0 0 145 <0.5 461 <0.5 0 0 606 441 1,435 781
Clopyralid/triclopyr 64 <0.5 0 0 743 <0.5 6,591 1 0 0 7,398 2,649 1,988 845
Dicamba/ MCPA/mecoprop-P 0 0 87 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 87 121 836 1,057

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Table 5 Grassland herbicide and growth regulator formulations – 2017 continued

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Herbicides Direct sown grass Undersown grass Grass 1 to 4 years Grass over 5 years Rough grazing Total 2017 Total 2017 2013 (1) 2013 (1)
ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
Dicamba/mecoprop-P 0 0 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 40 1,450 993
Florasulam/fluroxypyr 0 0 522 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 522 60 0 0
Fluroxypyr 413 2 867 11 1,043 1 8,804 1 298 <0.5 11,426 3,191 1,766 456
Fluroxypyr/triclopyr 50 0 0 0 931 <0.5 8,061 1 828 <0.5 9,871 4,413 4,701 2,062
Glyphosate 1,517 8 0 0 240 <0.5 2,037 <0.5 927 <0.5 4,721 6,200 4,941 8,333
MCPA 313 2 430 6 146 <0.5 10,489 1 5,762 <0.5 17,140 23,761 13,193 16,009
Metsulfuron-methyl 0 0 0 0 0 0 228 <0.5 0 0 228 <0.5 777 1
Thifensulfuron-methyl 48 <0.5 0 0 0 0 285 <0.5 0 0 332 3 725 8
Thifensulfuron-methyl/tribenuron-methyl 0 0 188 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 188 4 0 0
Tribenuron-methyl 652 3 2,735 36 192 <0.5 223 <0.5 0 0 3,802 21 7,769 36
Unspecified herbicide (2) 297 2 0 0 13 <0.5 45 <0.5 0 0 355 N/A 0 N/A
All herbicides 5,396 20 8,352 60 5,098 3 46,050 3 14,378 <0.5 79,274 81,815 66,602 78,377

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Table 5 Grassland herbicide and growth regulator formulations – 2017 continued

Area (ha), weight (kg) and percentage of crop treated

Growth regulators Direct sown grass Undersown grass Grass 1 to 4 years Grass over 5 years Rough grazing Total 2017 Total 2017 2013 (1) 2013 (1)
ha % ha % ha % ha % ha % ha kg ha kg
2-Chloroethylphosphonic acid 0 0 189 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 189 31 0 0
Chlormequat 0 0 258 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 258 194 159 57
Mepiquat chloride/prohexadione-calcium 0 0 159 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 159 26 0 0
All growth regulators 0 0 606 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 606 250 721 270
19,587 7,563 186,667 1,112,553 3,037,615 4,363,985 4,400,870

(1) For a full list of formulations recorded in 2013 please refer to the 2013 report (3)

(2) Refer to Appendix 3 for definitions

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